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Title: A patient who has required an insulin drip is being transitioned to subcutaneous insulin. Which ... Post by: Mitch_ on Apr 5, 2017 A patient who has required an insulin drip is being transitioned to subcutaneous insulin. Which intervention would the nurse anticipate?
1. Administering NPH insulin subcutaneously every two hours according to finger stick blood sugar. 2. Administering the prescribed dose of NPH insulin two hours before discontinuing the insulin drip. 3. Tapering the insulin drip administration rate over the next several days. 4. Plan to administer twice the number of units of NPH insulin that the patient has been receiving per hour in regular insulin. Title: Re: A patient who has required an insulin drip is being transitioned to subcutaneous insulin. Which ... Post by: Luceil on Apr 5, 2017 Content hidden
Title: Re: A patient who has required an insulin drip is being transitioned to subcutaneous insulin. Which ... Post by: Mitch_ on May 19, 2017 I assumed that was the answer, I appreciate the confirmation
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