The home health care nurse is assessing a patient with type 1 diabetes who has been controlled for 6 months.The nurse is surprised and concerned about a blood glucose reading of 52.This episode of hypoglycemia is probably caused by the patient's having:
A) Taken a new form of birth control pill this morning.
B) Used large amounts of sugar substitute in her tea this morning.
C) Had a 2-hour long exercise class at the spa this morning.
D) Administered an insufficient dose of insulin this morning.
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