A patient is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The nurse realizes that this form of diabetes is
1. occurs in people younger than 30 years of age.
2. commonly associated with obesity with a slow rate of onset.
3. a total lack of insulin produced by the pancreas.
4. associated with ketoacidosis.
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Rationale: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is typically seen in people over the age of 30 however it has been diagnosed in people younger who are obese. This disease process is associated with obesity. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is typically diagnosed in people under the age of 30. A total lack of insulin produced by the pancreas is associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is also associated with ketoacidosis and not type 2.
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