A Patient Using a Split Mixed-Dose Insulin Regimen Tells the Nurse

question 23

Multiple Choice

A patient using a split mixed-dose insulin regimen tells the nurse that he is interested in using intensive insulin therapy because he has read that it promotes fewer and less severe complications of diabetes.In response to the patient's comment,what should the nurse explain?

• A) Intensive insulin therapy requires three or more injections a day in addition to an injection of a basal long-acting insulin.
• B) Intensive insulin therapy is indicated only for patients who have recently received a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and who have never experienced ketoacidosis.
• C) Studies have shown that intensive insulin therapy is most effective in preventing the macrovascular complications characteristic of type 2 diabetes.
• D) The use of an insulin pump does not require as much attention as intensive insulin therapy and offers the same protection against long-term complications.

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