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A nurse is caring for a client receiving NPH insulin. Which medication characteristic is correct?

A patient with type 1 diabetes becomes unconscious at home. What should family be taught to administer?

A 7-year-old child has a cough, runny nose, congestion, and fever, and the parents ask the nurse to recommend an over-the-counter product. Which response by the nurse is correct?

A patient taking a sulfonylurea reports diaphoresis and confusion. What is the nurse’s first action?

A patient with heart failure reports increasing shortness of breath and weight gain. Which medication adjustment should the nurse anticipate?

In the failing heart, arterial pressure falls, stimulating the baroreceptor reflex to increase sympathetic nervous system activity. The nurse understands increased sympathetic activity will produce which response?

The nurse is caring for a patient receiving hydralazine [Apresoline]. The healthcare provider prescribes propranolol [Inderal]. The nurse knows that a drug such as propranolol often is combined with hydralazine for what purpose?

What is an early warning sign to monitor for in hyperkalemia? 

Which condition do the natriuretic peptides serve to protect the cardiovascular system?

The nurse is caring for a patient receiving a nitroprusside [Nipride] intravenous infusion. The patient’s wife asks why furosemide [Lasix] is being prescribed along with this drug. The nurse’s response is based on which concept?