Question

A client with diabetic ketoacidosis who is receiving intravenous fluids and insulin reports tingling and numbness of the fingers and toes, and shortness of breath. the nurse identifies a u wave on the cardiac monitor. what should the nurse conclude is causing these clinical findings? 1 hypokalemia

Answer 1

1 These are  signs of hypokalemia that occur when potassium levels are reduced as potassium reenters cells with glucose.