A client with Type 1 Diabetes takes 12 units of regular insulin and 34 units of NPH insulin in the morning.  How does the nurse explain why two different types of insulin are required to control the client’s blood sugar?  

Which of the following drugs is a potassium sparing diuretic?  

What is the preferred administration site for enoxaparin?

A client with well controlled diabetes mellitus was recently started on the medications listed below.  Elevations in his glucose over the last two days are most likely due to the addition of which medication?:   

Order:  D5NS to run at 50 mL/hr.  Drop factor: 10No pump availableSet the drip rate at:  _________________ drops per minute  (round to nearest whole number) 

What would the nurse know as the vitamin that stimulates calcium reabsorption from the intestine and can be used in the treatment of hypoparathyroidism? 

Which of the following  conditions predisposes a client to digitalis toxicity?  

A woman who is pregnant asks the nurse about the safety of taking doxycycline for her acne.  How should the nurse respond? 

An indication or rationale for a patient taking polyethylene glycol 3350 (Miralax) would be?

A patient is taking alendronate  (a bisphosphonate) and has a history of taking calcitonin.  What condition on the patient’s record would be the indication for these medications?