A patient’s pre-dinner blood glucose was 190.  Dinner has be…

A patient’s pre-dinner blood glucose was 190.  Dinner has been served and the patient ate 50g of carbs.  Your patient has a Humalog sliding scale and carb count scale.  Calculate the amount of units of insulin the patient should receive following dinner.

A patient is admitted with a suspected heart failure exacerb…

A patient is admitted with a suspected heart failure exacerbation. During your assessment, you note the following signs and symptoms: 3+ pitting edema in the bilateral lower extremities Jugular vein distention (JVD) Oxygen saturation of 88% and respiratory rate of 26 Tripod positioning Productive cough Based on these findings, the patient is most likely experiencing heart failure.  

A nurse is preparing to administer insulin to a patient with…

A nurse is preparing to administer insulin to a patient with diabetes that has a corrective scale and carb counting scale that must be used to determine the correct insulin dose. The patient is about to have a meal. Which statement about the timing of insulin administration is correct?