The nurse is caring for a 14-year-old client with diabetes mellitus. The client does not want to self-administer insulin because it is too painful. Which should the nurse use in response to the client?
1. Adolescents are usually enthusiastic about self-care.
2. Insulin mixed with a local anesthetic decreases pain.
3. The provider orders oral insulin for clients with pain.
4. Injections with small needles cause some clients pain.
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4. At first, insulin injections are likely to cause mild pain, and this is objective infor-mation the nurse needs to share with the client. For long-term insulin users, the fin-gersticks for glucose testing are more likely to cause pain.
1. Initially, many adolescents are unenthusiastic participants in insulin self-administration.
2. The nurse avoids mixing insulin with a local anesthetic because the benefit does not outweigh the risk.
3. Oral insulin is not commercially available, although researchers are hoping to de-velop an oral equivalent to insulin injectables.
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