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After working through this topic, the RN can: Explain how a pump delivers insulin (basal rate, meal bolus, correction bolus) and why a person on a pump has no long acting insuli...
NCLEX-RN
NCLEX-RN
After working through this topic, the RN can: - Explain how a pump delivers insulin (basal rate, meal bolus, correction bolus) and why a person on a pump has no long-acting insulin depot. - Recognize an interruption of insulin delivery early, before diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) develops, and carry out the first-line response. - Apply Diabetes Canada glucose and ketone thresholds correctly in a pump user. - Treat hypoglycemia in a pump user using the Diabetes Canada levels and doses. - Decide, with the team, whether a pump can stay on in hospital and what to do for imaging, procedures and surgery. - Describe how a pump is converted to subcutaneous basal-bolus insulin and back, and who decides.
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