Diabetic client with a blood glucose of 56mg/dL.
Diabetic client with a blood glucose of 56mg/dL.
The nurse is caring for a diabetic client with a blood glucose of 56mg/dL. The client is difficult to arouse. What action would the nurse take?
a. Give a complex carbohydrate and monitor the client
b. Give a glass of orange juice with three sugar packets mixed in and monitor the client.
c. Administer 50% dextrose (D500IV push per order and monitor the client
d. Give a glass of milk and monitor the client