Author Question: When a pregnant woman with diabetes experiences hypoglycemia while hospitalized, the nurse should ... (Read 31 times)

ashley · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

When a pregnant woman with diabetes experiences hypoglycemia while hospitalized, the nurse should have the client:

a. Eat six saltine crackers or drink 8 oz of milk.
b. Drink 8 oz of orange juice with 2 teaspoons of sugar added.
c. Drink 4 oz of orange juice followed by 8 oz of milk.
d. Eat a candy bar.

Question 2

Immediately at delivery, the infant's heat loss is predominantly from:

a. conduction.
b. convection.
c. evaporation.
d. radiation.

welcom1000 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Crackers provide carbohydrates in the form of polysaccharides.
Orange juice and sugar will increase the blood sugar, but not provide a slow-burning carbo-hydrate to sustain the blood sugar.
Milk is a disaccharide and orange juice is a monosaccharide. This will provide an increase in blood sugar but will not sustain to level.
This provides only monosaccharides.

Answer to Question 2

C
Because the infant is wet with amniotic fluid and blood, heat loss by evaporation occurs quickly.