A patient’s insulin dosage is 16 units of regular insulin in the morning. When should the patient expect the insulin peak?

A client has been taking glipizide for 6 months and reports to the nurse that their urine has become darker since starting the medication.
What should be the nurse’s initial action?

What clinical manifestation should the nurse assess for in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and ketoacidosis?

The client diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has a new prescription for clopidogrel. What information should the nurse include when teaching the client about this medication?

A patient diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease is being educated about the benefits of walking for exercise. What information should the nurse emphasize?

The nurse is teaching a patient to wash their hands after using the bathroom as an attempt to break the chain of infection.
Between which two links in the chain of infection does this action intervene?

A patient is receiving gentamicin every 12 hours IVPB for an infection.

The nurse has administered the 0900 dose, which is prescribed to run over 1 hour. The physician prescribed peak and trough levels to be drawn.

When should the nurse expect to draw the peak level?

A patient is recovering from an episode of diabetic ketoacidosis and reports feeling “anxious, shaky, and sweaty.”. What should be the nurse’s initial action?

A client is receiving heparin sodium 1000 units per hour via an infusion and warfarin sodium 2.5 mg PO for thrombophlebitis in the left leg.
The nurse educates the client that heparin and warfarin are prescribed together because:

Which prescribed medication for the client recovering from a traumatic amputation does the nurse correlate to the treatment of phantom limb pain?