solved. 1. A patient is to be placed on an insulin drip to control his high blood glucose levels. The nurse knows that which is the only type of insulin that can be given intravenously?
Regular
Lispro
NPH
Glargine
2. A sliding-scale insulin order reads: “Do bedside glucose testing before meals. For glucose results over 150 mg/dL, give regular (Humulin R) insulin, 1 unit for every 20 mg/dL over 150 mg/dL.” If the blood glucose level is 238 mg/dL, the patient will receive ___ unit(s) of insulin.
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