{"id":72390,"date":"2021-11-08T22:06:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T22:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/08\/diabetes-case-study\/"},"modified":"2021-11-08T22:06:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T22:06:55","slug":"diabetes-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/08\/diabetes-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 21-year old female (A.M.) presents to the urgent care clinic with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and a fever for 3 days. She states that she has Type I diabetes and has not been managing her blood sugars since she\u2019s been ill and unable to keep any food down. She\u2019s only tolerated sips of water and juices. Since she\u2019s also been unable to eat, she hasn\u2019t taken any insulin as directed. While helping A.M. from the lobby to the examining room you note that she\u2019s unsteady, her skin is warm and flushed, and that she\u2019s drowsy. You also note that she\u2019s breathing rapidly and smell a slight sweet\/fruity odor. A.M. has a challenge answering questions but keeps asking for water to drink.You get more information from A.M. and learn the following:She had some readings on her glucometer which were reading \u2018high\u2019She vomits almost every time she takes in fluidShe hasn\u2019t voided for a day but voided a great deal the day beforeShe\u2019s been sleeping long hours and finally woke up this morning and decided to seek careVital Signs: Blood Pressure: 88\/46 mmHgHeart Rate: 132 bpmRespiratory Rate: 32\/ min deepTemperature: 101.3 degrees FLabs:Glucose: 657 mg\/dlPotassium: 6.2 mEq\/LWhat is the disorder and its pathophysiology that you expect the health care provider to diagnose and treat?Describe the etiology of the disorder A.M is experiencing.Identify and describe the clinical manifestations of the disorder A.M. is experiencing.Identify and describe the expected treatment options for A.M. based on the disorder and clinical manifestations.Instructions:Summarize the questions above and formulate what may be happening with A.M. and how you would improve her condition.Use at least one scholarly source to support your findings. Examples of scholarly sources include academic journals, textbooks, reference texts, and CINAHL nursing guides. Be sure to cite your sources in-text and on a References page using APA format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 21-year old female (A.M.) presents to the urgent care clinic with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and a fever for 3 days. She states that she has Type I diabetes and has not been managing her blood sugars since she\u2019s been ill and unable to keep any food down. She\u2019s only tolerated sips of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-72390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-paper-writing","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}