A home health care nurse is assessing a patient with type 1 diabetes who has been controlled for 6 months. The nurse is surprised and concerned about a blood glucose reading of 52 mg/dL
What action by this patient most likely caused this episode of hypoglycemia? a. Taking a new form of birth control pill this morning
b. Using large amounts of sugar substitute in her tea this morning
c. A 2-hour long exercise class at the spa this morning
d. Administering an insufficient dose of in-sulin this morning
C
Excessive exercise used up the glucose that was made available by the insulin taken by the pa-tient. The patient now has too much insulin for the available glucose and has become hypogly-cemic.
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1. 60 mL 2. 2.4 mL 3. 33.75 mL 4. 24 mL
A client with a leg fracture who has been placed in skeletal traction is transported to the orthopedic unit after surgery. Which finding would indicate the need to contact the orthopedic specialist?
A. The traction knots are intact. B. The traction weights are hanging freely. C. The clamps on the traction frame are tight. D. The traction ropes are unable to move over the pulleys.