Which teaching point should the nurse include when providing education to an adolescent client, who participates in soccer, regarding the plan of care for diabetes mellitus?
1. Decreased food intake
2. Increased doses of insulin
3. Increased food intake
4. Decreased doses of insulin
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Explanation:
1. Decreased food intake would increase the chance of hypoglycemia.
2. Increased dose of insulin would cause hypoglycemia. Exercise causes insulin to be used more efficiently by the body, so an increase in insulin would not be needed.
3. An increase in physical activity requires an increase in caloric intake to prevent hypoglycemia.
4. A decreased dose of insulin would not allow the sugar to enter the cells where it is needed during exercise.
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