A patient is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. What distinguishing characteristic is associated with type 1 diabetes?
A) Blood glucose levels can be controlled by diet.
B) Exogenous insulin is required for life.
C) Oral agents can control blood sugar.
D) It always starts in childhood.
B
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When working with patients who have had psychotic episodes, the nurse knows to monitor for which laboratory analysis for the patient taking clozapine (Clozaril)?
1. WBC 2. RBC count 3. Fasting blood sugar 4. Pro-times and creatine kinase
As a nurse manager, you have been offered a position at a Veterans Administration hospital. In accepting the position, it is important for you to understand that veterans hospitals provide:
a. Primary care and are privately funded. b. A range of services and are responsible to government and taxpayers. c. Secondary care only and are publicly ad-ministered and funded. d. Services to veterans under an HMO.
When examining an adult client's preoperative laboratory results, the nurse notes that the potassium level is 2.9 mEq/mL. What is the nurse's priority action?
a. Document the finding. b. Alter the client's diet to include fruit. c. Increase the IV flow rate. d. Notify the surgeon.
Which of the following is an area of public health nursing interventions for quality-oriented health care?
1. Health teaching 2. Debating 3. Disease eradication 4. Policy reversal