You teach a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus to administer her ...

[Haya94]

You teach a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus to administer her own insulin. She is receiving a combination of short-acting and long-acting insulin. You know that she has appropriately learned the technique when she
 
  A) administers the insulin into a doll at a 30-degree angle.
  B) draws up the short-acting insulin into the syringe first.
  C) wipes off the needle with an alcohol swab.
  D) administers the insulin intramuscularly into rotating sites.

Question 2

Which of the following is an expected characteristic of amniotic fluid?
 
  1. Deep yellow color
  2. Pale straw-colored with small white particles
  3. Nitrazine test: acidic result
  4. Absence of ferning

[isabelt_18]

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

2
1. Incorrect. Yellow-stained fluid may indicate fetal hypoxia 36 hours before ROM, fetal hemolytic disease, or intrauterine infection.
2. Correct. A normal characteristic of amniotic fluid is pale straw-colored fluid, which may contain white flecks of vernix.
3. Incorrect. Amniotic fluid will yield an alkaline Nitrazine test result.
4. Incorrect. The presence of ferning is a positive indication of amniotic fluid.

[Haya94]

Excellent

[Chelseyj.hasty]

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