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A patient with type 2 diabetes presents with sensory neuropathy in the feet and legs and peripheral vascular disease, as evidenced by decreased peripheral pulses and dependent rubor. The student nurse is educating the patient on ways to reduce the risk of foot ulcers and complications. Which statement made by the student should the nurse correct?

The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) with Regular insulin infusing.  At 0900, the insulin was infusing at 4 units/hour. At 1000, the blood glucose level measured 320 mg/dL. At 1100, the blood glucose level measured 269 mg/dL. At 1200, the blood glucose level measured 200 mg/dL. The following protocol is titration guidelines for insulin administration.  1. With hourly titrations, what rate should the insulin be infusing after titrating for the 1200 blood sugar? 2. What order would you request or anticipate from the provider? Insulin Table Current BG (mg/dL) Insulin IV infusion rate (mL/hr) Greater than 300 Increase rate by 2 units/hr.  251-300 Increase rate by 1.5 units/hr. 201-250 Increase rate by 1 unit/hr. 181-200 Increase rate by 0.5 units/hr. 140-180 No change 100-139 Decrease rate by 1.3 units/hr. 70-99 Decrease rate by 50%. Recheck BG in 30 minutes. 100 mg/dL, restart the infusion at 50% of the previous rate and check BG after 30 minutes.

Match the following with its description.

According to Robert Merton’s Strain Theory, society can be set up in a way that encourages too much deviance. Superficially, the  extent and type of deviance people engage in deepens on whether a society provides the means to achieve cultural goals of success in life. Identify and explain Merton’s Types of Deviance.  A) Innovation B) Ritualism  C) Retreatism  D) Rebellion 

Which of the following is an example of Bureaucratic Inertia?

What are pro arguments and con arguments toward the death penalty in America? 

What is retrospective and projective labeling? 

___________________ states that a person’s tendency toward conformity or deviance depends on the amount of contact with others who encourage or reject conventual behavior. 

What are the four components of the Criminal Justice System? 0r Four Parts of the Criminal Justice System

Secondary deviance marks the start of what Erving Goffman calls a deviant career. As people develop a stronger commitment to deviant behavior, they typically acquire a ______________, a powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person’s self-concept and social identify.