Helping your Patients Understand the Importance of Blood Glucose Testing

Hello Students! You all have successfully completed the first week of clinical. Because there are a large number of patients that must have their blood glusose levels monitored, it is important for you to understand the mechanisms that are involved with this testing. Please check out the American Diabetes Association. This will acclimate you to the importance of monitoring, and refresh you on how to check blood glucose levels,which is what we will be doing this week in clinical. As a suportive link to diabetes mellitus, take the time to review insulin and its mechanisms of action. As an added feature to our clinical experience, please take a look at the xtranormal video that shows an interactive dialogue between a family member of a patient and a nurse. At the end of the movie is your assignment to complete a one page paper that addresses Mr. Monroe's question of why give insulin before meals, and how much to administer. Talking with a patient's family member
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