A client who is newly diagnosed with type I diabetes is admitted for control and self-care to include doing finger sticks for glucose monitoring and self-administration of insulin
The nurse should identify which of the following as the first task when developing this client's teaching plan?
a. Assembling the equipment to demonstrate injection techniques
b. Preparing a realistic teaching goal for the client
c. Assessing the client to determine how much he understands about diabetes
d. Identifying how much insulin the client will be taking
ANS: C
You might also like to view...
A nurse is providing prenatal education. The nurse will explain that pregnancy affects glucose metabolism in what way?
a. Placental hormones increase the resistance of cells to insulin. b. Insulin cells cannot meet the body's demands as the woman's weight increases. c. There is a decreased production of insulin during pregnancy. d. The speed of insulin breakdown is decreased during pregnancy.
A nurse in a well-child clinic is teaching parents about their child's immune system. Which statement, made by the nurse, is correct?
a. The immune system distinguishes and actively protects the body's own cells from foreign substances. b. The immune system is fully developed by 1 year of age. c. The immune system protects the child against communicable diseases in the first 6 years of life. d. The immune system responds to an offending agent by producing antigens.
Discharge teaching for patients with anxiety disorders includes the information that anxiety can be described as:
A) A severe response to stress that only a few people ever experience B) A conscious response C) A behavior pattern that many people experience at one time or another D) Unexplainable
A patient presents at the physician's office with reports of frequent nosebleeds and delayed clotting. The physician diagnoses this patient with a vitamin deficiency
To treat this type of deficiency, the nurse will encourage the patient to consume foods high in vitamin a. C. b. D. c. K. d. A.