Which statement regarding diabetes mellitus is true?
A. Diabetes increases the risk for development of epilepsy.
B. The cure for diabetes is the administration of insulin.
C. Diabetes increases the risk for development of cardiovascular disease.
D. Carbohydrate metabolism is disturbed in diabetes, but protein and lipid metabol-ism are normal.
C
Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality caused by coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease.
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The nurse charts that the medication for Mr. Jones was administered at 0900 or 9 a.m. The nurse's action addresses which right?
a. client c. medication b. time d. documentation
Order: allopurinol (Zyloprim) 150 mg, PO, q.i.d. Available: a. How many tablet(s) should be given per dose? b. How many mg will the client receive per day?
What will be an ideal response?
Checking circulation and the presence of bleeding is part of the:
a. primary survey. b. secondary survey. c. tertiary survey. d. final survey.