Three years later Mr A attends for his annual diabetic review.   Repeat medication Allopurinol 300mg tablets, take one daily Amlodipine 10mg tablets, take one daily Canagliflozin 300mg tablets, take one daily Losartan 100mg tablets, take one daily Metformin 500mg tablets, take two twice a day   Blood tests were requested which come back as follows Test Result Sodium 138                               (135 – 145mmol/L) Potassium 4.7                                (3.5 – 5.0mmol/L) Urea 6.2                                (2.5 – 6.7mmol/L) Creatinine 148                              (baseline 140) (70 – 150µmol/L) Haemoglobin 15.2                              (11.5 – 16.5g/dL) HbA1c 64                                 (90mL/ min)  

Mr A attends for 3 monthly monitoring of his HbA1c to determine long term glycaemic control. HbA1c should be interpreted with caution in patients with which of the following conditions?

18. Confusion may be caused by ___.

6. What does the abbreviation NPO mean? 

2. Which of the following is a good source of protein?

16. During an enema, a resident will be in the _______ position. 

14. How should stool normally appear?

A nurse taking a client’s blood pressure prior to administering a drug could be considered what type of action? (Select all that apply.)

Chromosomes are duplicated during the ____ of the cell cycle.

The nurse administered a scheduled dose of hypertension medication 45 minutes ago.  The nurse is now preparing to assess the client’s blood pressure.  In which phase of the nursing process will the nurse perform this action?