Type I diabetes

Scenario Mrs. Aiken is a 42-year-old woman with type I diabetes. She is married and has three children. She is the church secretary. Reading, knitting, and playing bingo are her favorite activities. She smokes one pack of cigarettes per day. She developed a cold several days ago and then woke up in the morning very short of breath and with chills and fever. She stopped monitoring her blood sugar levels. Her blood sugar on admission was 950 mg/dl; she was diagnosed with hyperglycemia and pneumonia. It is now 3 days after admission, and she has been on intravenous antibiotics. The fever is gone. Only scattered crackles are heard in the lung bases. Her oxygen saturation is now at 95 mg/L. She will be discharged home in 2 days.

Give at least 3 nursing Diagnosis and their Rationale for each nursing diagnosis with references and citations.

 

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