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6 years ago
The nurse is teaching a patient about home administration of insulin. The patient will receive regular (Humulin R) and NPH (Humulin NPH) insulin at 0700 every day. What is important to teach this patient?
 
  a. Draw up the medications in separate syringes.
  b. Draw up the NPH insulin first.
  c. Draw up the regular insulin first.
  d. Draw up the medications after mixing them in a vial.
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6 years ago
ANS: C
Patients should be instructed to draw up regular insulin first so that NPH is not mixed into the vial of regular insulin. It is not necessary to use separate syringes. Patients do not mix the medications in a vial.
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