A Student Nurse Is Teaching a Patient from an Unfamiliar

question 24

Multiple Choice

A student nurse is teaching a patient from an unfamiliar culture about diabetic self-care.The patient is willing and able to take blood glucose readings and give insulin injections but will not use the sliding scale insulin protocol the physician has ordered.Which action by the student would be most beneficial?

• A) Ask why the patient is unwilling to follow the scale.
• B) Assess the patient's health-related value system.
• C) Call the physician and ask for a simplified regimen.
• D) Have someone else try to teach the sliding scale.

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