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The nurse is teaching patients about self-injection of insulin. Which statement is true regarding injection sites?
 
  a. Avoid the abdomen because absorption there is irregular.
  b. Choose a different site at random for each injection.
  c. Give the injection in the same area each time.
  d. Rotate sites within the same location for about 1 week before rotating to a new location.

Question 2

After starting treatment for type 2 diabetes
 
  mellitus 6 months earlier, a patient is in the office for a follow-up examination. The nurse will monitor which laboratory test to evaluate the patient's adherence to the antidiabetic therapy over the past few months?
  a. Hemoglobin levels
  b. Hemoglobin A1C level
  c. Fingerstick fasting blood glucose level
  d. Serum insulin levels


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B


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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Excellent

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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