A client with newly diagnosed Type I diabetes mellitus is being seen by the home health nurse. The physician orders include: 1,200-calorie diabetic diet, 15 units of NPH insulin before breakfast, and check blood sugar QID. When the nurse visits the client at 5 PM, the nurse observes the man performing a blood sugar analysis. The result is 2.7 mmol/L. The nurse would expect the client to be: Question 69 options: a)  Confused with cold, clammy skin and a pulse of 110 b)  Alert and cooperative with a BP of 130/80 and respirations of 12 c)  Short of breath, with distended neck veins and a bounding pulse of 96

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A client with newly diagnosed Type I diabetes mellitus is being seen by the home health nurse. The physician orders include: 1,200-calorie diabetic diet, 15 units of NPH insulin before breakfast, and check blood sugar QID. When the nurse visits the client at 5 PM, the nurse observes the man performing a blood sugar analysis. The result is 2.7 mmol/L. The nurse would expect the client to be:

Question 69 options:

a) 

Confused with cold, clammy skin and a pulse of 110


b) 

Alert and cooperative with a BP of 130/80 and respirations of 12


c) 

Short of breath, with distended neck veins and a bounding pulse of 96


d) 

Lethargic with hot, dry skin and rapid, deep respirations

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