Question

30 year old African American male goes into the ED with signs and symptoms:

Weight loss of 20 in 2 months

Polyuria

Extreme hunger

Nausea/Vomiting

Extreme thirst

Complete:

Full head to toe assessment in narrative form

Write subjective assessments

Write objective assessments

Write Nursing Documentation

Write Nursing Goals

Write Implementations

Write Evaluations

Explain to the patient about the lab tests he will be having and why he is having these specific tests.

What questions are you going to ask the patient and how are you going to ask?

How are you going to explain how to manage Diabetes?

Which Diabetes does he have symptoms of?

Answer 1

1 .Subjective assessments.

• Polyuria
• Extreme hunger
• Nausea

2.Objective assessments.

• Vomitting
• Polyuria
• Weight loss

3.Nursing documentation.

• Proper blood glucose level monitoring should be documented along with management give.
• Document weight loss.
• Maintain intake output chart.

4.Nursing implementation.

• Educate the patient about glucose monitoring.
• Observe for factors cause glucose instability.
• Provide balanced daibetic diet.

5- Nursing evaluation.

• assess blood glucose level before breakfast ,meal and dinner.
• Monitor HbA1c.

.6. Lab test done in daibetics are

• Fating blood glucose level.
• Glycated Hemoglobin.
• Urine sugar
• Urine acetone level.

Glycated blood sugar level reveals average blood sugar level of past three months.

7.Nursing questions to the patient.

1. When you check the blood glucose level?
2. What is the glucose level/
3. Had history of hypoglycemia?
4. What are the symptoms?
5. How often?
6. How you manges the situation?

8.Symptoms of diabetics are.

• Polyuria
• Fatigue
• Excessive thirst
• Weight loss
• Excessive hunger
• Vertigo