The nurse assesses a newly diagnosed patient for short-term complications of diabetes. What does this assessment include?
a. Evaluation for hyperglycemia, hypogly-cemia, and ketoacidosis
b. Cranial nerve testing for peripheral neu-ropathy
c. Pedal pulse palpation for arterial insuffi-ciency
d. Auscultation of the carotids for bruits as-sociated with atherosclerosis
A
High blood sugar, low blood sugar, and ketoacidosis are short-term complications of diabetes. Microvascular and macrovascular complications, such as peripheral neuropathy, are long-term complications of diabetes. Arterial insufficiency and atherosclerosis also are long-term compli-cations of diabetes.
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