The nurse is preparing short-acting and long-acting insulin for administration to a client. The purpose for the client's being prescribed these types of insulin would be to:
1. make it easier for the client to self-administer the insulin.
2. reduce the client's appetite.
3. mimic the body's own insulin pattern.
4. help reduce the client's body weight.
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NPH insulin is usually given twice daily and is mixed with regular insulin to mimic the body's own insulin pattern. Mixing two insulins is not done to make it easier for the client to administer the insulin, to reduce the client's appetite, or to help reduce the client's body weight.
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