megahew

Well, I mean, I did question the physician and they dc'd it. Their blood sugars were running 150-200. Later, one of my patients blood sugar was in the 70s with only sliding scale coverage. But thank you, I'll keep that in mind. I had never seen regular insulin ordered that highly and the other nurses I was with didn't know either! Just wanted to know that it wasn't a mistake and it wouldn't harm the patient if I gave it.

Hey everyone, The other night I had patients who were ordered an outrageously high dosage of insulin for mealtimes plus sliding scale coverage. 100 units and 75 units of humalin R for each patient. Is this legitamite- has anyone ever given this much insulin before? I ended up not giving the insulin. And on one of the patients, I got the md to dc the mealtime coverage. But geez, even in a type 1 diabetic, I would think you'd kill the patient with that much insulin...