Insulin preparations are divided into categories based on onset, duration, and intensity of action following subcutaneous injection. Which of the following insulin preparations has the shortest onset and duration of action?
1. Lispro
2. Glulisine
3. Glargine
4. Detemir
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The Home Health Nurse is preparing for an initial home visit to a patient discharged following a total gastrectomy for treatment of gastric cancer. What would the nurse anticipate that the plan of care is most likely to include?
A) Encouraging the patient to eat small, high-fiber meals at frequent intervals B) Gastrointestinal decompression by nasogastric tube C) Periodic assessment for esophageal distension D) Monthly administration of injections of vitamin B
A nurse assessing a client on a heparin drip notes bloody drainage in the nasogastric tube and indwelling urinary catheter. A stat partial thromboplastin time (PTT) is drawn according to heparin protocol. The result is 224 seconds
Which action by the nurse is the most appropriate? 1. Notify the health care provider and prepare to administer protamine sulfate. 2. Stop the infusion, increase the IV rate, and prepare to administer aminocaproic acid (Amicar). 3. Notify the supervisor and obtain a unit of clotting factors. 4. Call the health care provider and prepare to administer vitamin K.
It would be most accurate for the nurse teaching a patient with chronic renal failure about dietary restrictions that he should avoid foods high in:
A) Monosaccharides B) Disaccharides C) Iron D) Sodium
The nurse is identifying outcomes for a client with the nursing diagnosis Stress Urinary Incontinence. Which outcome would be related to sphincter incompetence?
1. The client will empty her bladder every time she voids. 2. The client will improve her incontinence within 1 month. 3. The client will perform four to five squeezes for 5 to 10 seconds. 4. The client will stop the flow of urine when voiding.