eatery and mod 4
A nurse is reviewing guidelines to prevent DKA during periods of illness with a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
"Check your urine for keytone when blood glucose levels are greater than 240 mg/dl"
A nurse is teaching about disease management for a client who has type 1 diabets mellitus. Which statement made by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?
"I give the insulin injection in my abdomen"
A nurse is teaching about self-monitoring to a client who has type 1 diabetics mellitus. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?
"I will check my blood sugar every 4 hours when I'm sick"
A nurse is caring for a 7-year old child who has an upper respiratory infection and type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following statements by the mother indicates a need for further teaching?
"I will continue to check his blood sugar two times a day"
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to for a client who has chronic pancreatitis. which of the following statements should the nurse make?
"You should increase your daily intake of protein"
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a history of pancreatitis. Which of the following food choices should the nurse instruct the client to avoid?
Cheddar cheese
A nurse is interviewing a client who has acute pancreatitis. Which of the following factors should the nurse anticipate finding in the client's history?
Gall stones
A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for regular insulin and NPH insulin. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
Keep the open vial of insulin at room temperature
A nurse is caring for a client who has type 1 DM. Which of the following recommendations should the nurse make to the client for a sweetener?
None nutritive sweetener
A nurse is admitting a client who has acute pancreatitis. Which of the following provider prescriptions should the the nurse anticipate?
Pantoprazole 80 mg IV bolus twice daily
A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has a long history of diabetes mellitus and is being admitted to the ER confused, flushed and with acetone odor on the breath. Diabetes ketoacidosis is suspected. The nurse should anticipate using which of the following types of insulin to treat this client?
Regular insulin
A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has acute pancreatitis and has a prescription for fat-soluble vitamin supplements. The nurse should instruct the client to take a supplement for which of the following?
Vitamin A
A nurse is caring for a patient who has uncontrolled type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following should the nurse expect?
Weight loss
A nurse is caring for a patient who has diabetic ketoacidosis. which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect
acetone odor to breath
A nurse in an ER is caring for a client who has diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and a blood glucose level of 925 mg/dl The nurse should anticipate which of the following prescriptions from the provider?
0.9% sodium chloride IV bolus
A nurse is assessing a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus anf finds the client lying in bed, seating and reporting feeling anxious. Which of the following complications should the nurse susupect?
Hypoglycemia
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory data of a client who has acute pancreatitis. The nurse should expect to find an elevation of which of the following lab values?
amylase
A nurse admits a client to the emergency department who reports nausea and vomiting that worsens when he lies down. Antiacids do not help. The provider suspects acute pancreatitis. Which of the following laboratory tests results should the nurse expect to see?
increased serum amylase
A nurse is caring for a client who has acute pancreatitis. After treating the clients pain, which of the following should the nurse address as the priority intervention?
with hold oral fluids and food
