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The nurse is caring for a patient who is prescribed 120 units of U-100 regular insulin to be administered at 0700 and 1600 hours. The physician has written an order for an equivalent dose of U-500 insulin to be provided.
 
  The nurse reviews the order with the primary health care provider and states, 120 units of U-100 insulin is equivalent to _______ units of U-500 insulin.
  Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number.

Question 2

A patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus has a serum hematocrit level of 24. What additional finding should the nurse report to the health care provider?
 
  1. capillary blood glucose of 60 mg/dL
  2. glycosylated hemoglobin of 7.0
  3. the presence of albumin in urine
  4. the presence of glucose in urine



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 24

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1
Patients with lower hematocrit levels will test falsely high. This patient's hematocrit is critically low. The serum glucose of 60 mg/dL may be a falsely high reading and the primary health care provider must be notified of this finding. The glycosylated level, and presence of albumin and glucose in the urine do not need to be immediately reported to the health care provider.



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