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A client is admitted to the intensive care unit with multisystem organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). The client is restless, febrile, and nauseated. Insulin is infusing at 5 units/hour per protocol to keep blood glucose less than 150 mg/dL (8.3 mmol/L). Dopamine is infusing at 5 mcg/kg/minute per protocol to keep mean arterial pressure (MAP) greater than 65 mm Hg. Serum blood glucose is 160 mg/dL and MAP is 66 mm Hg. The client is receiving oxygen at 50% via face mask and has an oxygen saturation of 92%. Which intervention should the nurse implement?

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Rationale: Blood glucose of 160 mg/dL requires increasing insulin by 1 unit/hour per protocol to maintain levels below 150 mg/dL.

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