My previous knowledge had led me to believe that insulin should be given to patients in the situation where they are hyperglycemic. On my first day with Mr. Smith his glucose level was 16.2 mmol/L at 1200, I noticed that the medication administration record indicated that insulin could only be given 15 minutes before meal. Understanding that the onset of the insulin was 15 minutes I was still curious as to why we were not supposed to give the insulin any earlier to fix the high levels of glucose. I shared my thoughts with my nurse and learned that if insulin was given too early and the patient was not able to consume any carbohydrates, they could potentially go into hypoglycemic shock (CRNBC, 2012). Relating this to the theory that I had learned previously about how hypoglycemia was more dangerous than hyperglycemia I can take this information and better my nursing practice for the
My previous knowledge had led me to believe that insulin should be given to patients in the situation where they are hyperglycemic. On my first day with Mr. Smith his glucose level was 16.2 mmol/L at 1200, I noticed that the medication administration record indicated that insulin could only be given 15 minutes before meal. Understanding that the onset of the insulin was 15 minutes I was still curious as to why we were not supposed to give the insulin any earlier to fix the high levels of glucose. I shared my thoughts with my nurse and learned that if insulin was given too early and the patient was not able to consume any carbohydrates, they could potentially go into hypoglycemic shock (CRNBC, 2012). Relating this to the theory that I had learned previously about how hypoglycemia was more dangerous than hyperglycemia I can take this information and better my nursing practice for the