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A patient with diabetes has been administered 38 units of NPH insulin at 7:00 AM. By 1:00 PM, the patient has been away from the nursing unit for 2 hours and missed lunch while waiting for a chest X-ray.
What is the most appropriate action for the nurse to prevent hypoglycemia?

A Request that if testing is further delayed, the patient will eat lunch first.

B Plan to discontinue the evening dose of insulin.

C Save the lunch tray for the patient’s later return.

D Send a glass of orange juice to the patient in the diagnostic testing area.

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