Pharmacology · practice question
A client with type 1 diabetes has blood glucose 58 mg/dL, diaphoresis, and confusion. What is the priority nursing action?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer
B. Give a fast-acting carbohydrate per protocol and recheck glucose.
Why
Hypoglycemia with neuroglycopenic symptoms is treated promptly with carbohydrate; insulin would worsen hypoglycemia.
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