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SGallaher96

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The nurse is counseling a patient about the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. What should the nurse stress that patients with type 2 diabetes are required to receive on a daily basis?
 
  a. Regular carbohydrate-controlled meals
  b. Oral hyperglycemic agents
  c. Insulin injections
  d. Stringent low-calorie diets

Question 2

What are the three buffer systems of the body? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Bicarbonate/carbonic acid system
  b. Respiratory system
  c. Renal system
  d. GI system
  e. Integumentary system



Ksanderson1296

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
People with type 2 diabetes must take daily regulated meals with controlled carbohydrate content. Type 1 diabetics must have insulin injections.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B, C
The bicarbonate/carbonic acid system, the respiratory system, and the renal system are the buffer systems of the body.



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