Question

A patient’s blood gulcose level is 288 mg/dl at 7AM. The patient should take which dose of insulin in accordance with the algorithm for hyperglycemia?

Answer choices:
1 ULispro/regular insulin
5 U regular insulin
10 U Lente insulin
2 U Lispo/ regular insulin

Answer 1

To round a number to the nearest tenth , look at the next place value to the right (the hundredths). If it's 4 or less, just remove all the digits to the right. If it's 5 or greater, add 1 to the digit in the tenths place, and then remove all the digits to the right.