
The nurse is caring for a client with diabetes who received 34 units of NPH insulin at 7:00 18. The nurse is caring for a client with diabetes who received 34 units of NPH insulin at7:00 A.M. and is away from the nursing unit, awaiting diagnostic testing when lunch trays are distributed. Which of the following actions is best to prevent hypoglycemia?
A) Save the lunch tray to be provided upon the client's return to the unit.
B) Call the diagnostic testing area and ask that a 5% dextrose IV be started.
C) Ensure that the client drinks a glass of orange juice at noon in the diagnostic testing area.
D) Request that the client be returned to the unit to eat lunch if testing will not be completed promptly.
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