A Hispanic pregnant woman is visiting the community clinic for her first prenatal visit. She has a family history of diabetes, she is obese, and her last baby weighed 9 pounds, 8 ounces. The nurse realizes that she is at risk for:
a. poor weight gain.
b. gestational diabetes.
c. anemia.
d. malnutrition.
Question 2
A patient with type 1 diabetes calls her physician's office complaining of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. The nurse should advise the patient to:
a. cease her insulin injections until she can tolerate food.
b. continue her insulin injections and eat tolerated foods that provide the prescribed amount of carbohydrate.
c. avoid consuming carbohydrates, but continue her insulin injections.
d. cease her insulin injections and eat tolerated foods that provide the prescribed amount of carbohydrate.
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