Annie D. Lu, ANP-BC, ADM-BC

A type 1 diabetes patient presents to an outpatient facility agitated and slurring his words. Emergency medical help was called to assist the patient.

When creating outpatient diabetes management plan, the patient’s inpatient medication regimen should be considered but not necessarily replicated.

A patient diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia presents to the foot clinic after 1 month of swelling, redness, and warmth in the left foot.

After a patient’s elective surgery was postponed due to glucose readings, an assessment of his medical profile and history were evaluated to manage his type 2 diabetes mellitus complications.