The nurse is planning education for a patient who is recovering from diabetic ketoacidosis. What is the most important first step?
1. Assessing the patient's management of diabetes prior to this event
2. Assessing patterns of blood glucose results during the hospital stay
3. Printing information on the management of diabetes during sick days
4. Printing information on how to count carbohydrates and calculate insulin needs
Assessing the patient's management of diabetes prior to this event
Rationale: Before printing information or planning educational topics, the nurse needs to assess the patient's individual management of diabetes and the patient's knowledge of the condition. Glucose results during diabetic ketoacidosis are not an accurate assessment of overall management of the disease. A better test to measure average blood sugar over the last 3 months is the hemoglobin A1C.
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