Salty and Sweet
This is the first intervention for hypoglycemia in a conscious patient
4 ounces of fruit juice
Plenty of room in the toe
To avoid elevated glucose levels overnight, the patient should do this before bed
Eat a snack
This anatomical site has the fastest absorption of subcutaneous insulin
You know your diabetic patient is in metabolic acidosis when he starts to breathe like this
Kussmaul respirations
These are some rules of using insulin pens
Prime them before use, do not shake before use, keep in fridge until in use, store at room temperature when in use up to 28 days
Diabetic patients should use lotion, put not here
Between toes
Lispro should be administered with this
Food
Valsartan is this type of medication, and a new prescription requires the nurse to teach these precautions
Antihypertensive, safety
You are managing a patient on a heparin drip. Your goal for aPTT is this many seconds.
70
Monitoring and managing this is the key to preventing complications from diabetes
Blood glucose levels
The patient is a male smoker. He has ulcerations and dead tissue on his toes. The nurse suspects this condition.
Buerger's disease
We should recheck blood glucose levels this many minutes after giving a hypoglycemic patient a snack
15
This drug is used for symptomatic bradycardia
Atropine
OMG! I see a deadly heart rhythm on the cardiac monitor. This is what I should do first.
Assess the patient's pulse, breathing, and LOC.
HgbA1C should be less than this if diabetes is well-controlled
6.0
The patient with PAD will have this skin color in the lower extremities when they are lowered
Rubor
The diabetic patient is too sick to eat. These are the sick day rules for this patient.
Still take your insulin, stay hydrated, check your glucose levels at least every 4 hours, check for urine ketones if glucose is over 240
The patient has pink, frothy sputum and feels short of breath. The provider orders this medication, stat.
Lasix
We have to make sure our patient doesn't get readmitted for heart failure exacerbation, so we teach these things at discharge.
Limit sodium to 2-3g/day, limit fluid intake to 2L/day, weigh yourself every day, follow up if 2 pound gain in one day or 5 pound gain in a week
Exercise should not be performed within this much time of insulin injection, and it should not be performed during the peak of insulin effect
1 hour
This type of exercise is not good for patients with varicose veins
High impact
The patient who is not getting enough potassium in their diet will often complain of these symptoms
Tired, weak, slow heart rate
The patient has atherosclerosis, an elevated LDL level, and low HDL levels. The provider orders this class of medications.
Statins
The patient just had vascular surgery in the right femoral area. This is the most important assessment.
The P's of the right lower extremity.