Which Action Should the Nurse Take First When Teaching a Patient

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which action should the nurse take first when teaching a patient who is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about home management of the disease?

• A) Ask the patient's family to participate in the diabetes education program.
• B) Assess the patient's perception of what it means to have diabetes mellitus.
• C) Demonstrate how to check glucose using capillary blood glucose monitoring.
• D) Discuss the need for the patient to actively participate in diabetes management.

Understand the impact of different time frames (e.g., days, months) on interest calculations.

Understand and compute exact simple interest for loans using a 365-day year.

Understand and compute ordinary simple interest for loans using a 360-day year.

Calculate the total repayment amount (principal + interest) for short-term loans.

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