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Published Oct 5, 2003
Can please someone answer this for me? if that a way of giving meds to someone who has diabetes? I only see it on pt charts who are Diabetics.
Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN
12,126 Posts
It is a predetermined (usually by the MD) scale set for the pt. as a guide on how much insulin to give them for a blood glucose number that is high.
example:
150-200 2U
201-250 4U
and so on
So if Pt. X's BS was 162, this pt. would receive 2 units of insulin according to the sliding scale. There is a scale for each pt. to be followed.
neneRN, BSN, RN
642 Posts
Also, ONLY regular insulin is used with a sliding scale, non of the other ones.
Born2BAnurse
276 Posts
thanks You GUYS!!
Brita01
350 Posts
Humalog insulin is also used in the sliding scale. But not as much as Regular insulin.
NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN
1,158 Posts
In the NICU, we will sometimes see sliding scales for other meds, like potassium (if the level comes back between such and such, give this many; if it comes back lower, give this many, higher give this many, etc.).
RN~in~CT
160 Posts
Heparin and insulin gtts can be on a sliding scale.