Intravenous insulin therapy for managing hyperglycemia requires a well-coordinated protocol in place and combined effort from the various health professionals in the hospital. The treating physician determines when IV insulin therapy should be started in consultation with the endocrinologist. The nurse admin...
INSULINS Rapid-Acting Insulins HUMALOG NOVOLOG • • Short-Acting Insulins HUMULIN R NOVOLIN R • • Intermediate-Acting Insulins HUMALOG MIX 50/50, 75/25 HUMULIN N HUMULIN 70/30 NOVOLIN N NOVOLIN 70/30 NOVOLOG MIX 70/30 • • • • • • Basal Insulins LANTUS LEVEMIR...
Hang on a minute. I’ve not done yet. You cannot go off and correct high blood sugars with insulin willy- nilly. You also need to consider how muchpreviouslyinjected insulinis still active or you could drop too low. Gary has charts for this too. Gary has loads of charts! If you do ...