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History and physical
The client is a 26-year-old female with acute appendicitis. She has a 12 year history of type 1 diabetes mellitus and no other significant medical history. The appendectomy was completed without issue, and the client will be admitted to the surgical floor to recover.
Nurses notes
0730
Admitted the client. She is awake and alert. She rates her pain 2 on a 0 to 10 pain scale. Her pulses are equal bilaterally. Heart rate is 76 beats/minute, normal sinus rhythm. Her oxygen saturation is 100% on room air. She has a gauze dressing over her surgical site, which is clean and dry. Her temperature is 98.5° F (37.0° C) orally. She urinated 50 mL upon arrival in the unit and is reporting she
Lab results
Blood glucose 279mg/dl
Orders
Admit to the surgical floor
• Dextrose 5% and 0.9% sodium chloride IV to infuse at 125 mL/hr
Advance diet as tolerated
• Insulin glargine 12 units SUBQ every 24 hours
. Ceftriaxone 2 gram IV piggy back (IVPB) every
24 hours for 3 days, first dose given in surgery


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It is 1800, and the client has a scheduled dose of insulin glargine due. The client has a regular diet tray ordered with 60 carbohydrates. The tray has not yet arrived in the room. For each nursing action below, click to specify if the action is indicated, contraindicated or nonessential.Each row must have one option selected.

OptionsTherapeutic resultNon therapeutic side effectUnrelated finding
Give insulin lispro 4 units: Contraindicated
Verify that the client can count carbohydrates: Nonessential
Mix the insulin lispro and insulin glargine in one syringe: Contraindicated
Give insulin glargine 12 units: Indicated

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Rationale: A: Lispro is contraindicated without meal intake to avoid hypoglycemia. B: Carb counting is nonessential for scheduled glargine. C: Mixing lispro and glargine is contraindicated. D: Glargine is indicated as scheduled.

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