A patient tells the nurse that she eats "huge" amounts of food but stays hungry most of the time. The nurse explains that hunger experienced by persons with type 1 diabetes is caused by the:
1. excess amount of glucose
2. need for additional calories to correct the increased metabolism.
3. fact that the cells cannot use the blood glucose.
4. need for exercise to stimulate insulin secretion.
3
The cells cannot use the glucose without insulin, so the diabetic client still feels hungry alt-hough there is abundant glucose circulating in the blood.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 1002
OBJ: 1 TOP: Hunger in the Diabetic
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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