Author Question: You teach a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus to administer her own insulin. She is receiving a ... (Read 67 times)

Haya94 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

You teach a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus to administer her own insulin. She is receiving a combination of short-acting and long-acting insulin. You know that she has appropriately learned the technique when she

A) administers the insulin into a doll at a 30-degree angle.
B) draws up the short-acting insulin into the syringe first.
C) wipes off the needle with an alcohol swab.
D) administers the insulin intramuscularly into rotating sites.

Question 2

Which of the following is an expected characteristic of amniotic fluid?

1. Deep yellow color
2. Pale straw-colored with small white particles
3. Nitrazine test: acidic result
4. Absence of ferning

isabelt_18 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

2
1. Incorrect. Yellow-stained fluid may indicate fetal hypoxia 36 hours before ROM, fetal hemolytic disease, or intrauterine infection.
2. Correct. A normal characteristic of amniotic fluid is pale straw-colored fluid, which may contain white flecks of vernix.
3. Incorrect. Amniotic fluid will yield an alkaline Nitrazine test result.
4. Incorrect. The presence of ferning is a positive indication of amniotic fluid.