A nurse teaches a client who is diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. Which statement should the nurse include in this client's plan of care to delay the onset of microvascular and macrovascular complications?
a. Maintain tight glycemic control and prevent hyperglycemia.
b. Restrict your fluid intake to no more than 2 liters a day.
c. Prevent hypoglycemia by eating a bedtime snack.
d. Limit your intake of protein to prevent ketoacidosis.
Question 2
A nurse cares for a client who has a family history of diabetes mellitus. The client states, My father has type 1 diabetes mellitus. Will I develop this disease as well? How should the nurse respond?
a. Your risk of diabetes is higher than the general population, but it may not occur.
b. No genetic risk is associated with the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
c. The risk for becoming a diabetic is 50 because of how it is inherited.
d. Female children do not inherit diabetes mellitus, but male children will.
NURSE
A nurse shows empathy to a client.
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Example of an Explanation of Benefits statement.
Measuring the client’s weight with a standard platform scale
Testing client’s ability to identify dull sensation