The Nurse Is Drawing Up a Teaching Plan for a Patient

The nurse is drawing up a teaching plan for a patient who has type 1 diabetes.The physician has ordered two types of insulin,10 U of regular insulin and 35 U of neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin.The proper procedure is to:

A) Draw up the insulins in two separate syringes to avoid confusion.
B) Draw up the regular insulin before drawing up the NPH insulin.
C) Inject air into the NPH insulin, draw it up to 35 U, then inject air into the clear regular insulin and withdraw to 45 U.
D) Inject 35 U air into the NPH insulin, inject 10 U air into the regular insulin, withdraw 10 U of the regular insulin, and withdraw 35 U of the NPH insulin.