Question

The nurse is caring for a client with type 2 diabetes mellitus. One hour after taking an oral diabetic medication, the client becomes nauseous and vomits. The nurse should:

Answer 1

Check the client's blood sugar and then contact a doctor <span />

Answer 2

If there are no answer choices, then here is what I believe needs to be done:

Firstly, clean up the patient and dress them in clean garments as to decontaminate them.
Secondly, the nurse has to look at their chart. Is the patient allergic to anything in the medicine?
If there are no allergies known, then they can either A. Call the doctor to explain the situation and ask what needs to be done, or B. Look on the side affects of the medication. If it reads that in case of vomiting, stop medication immediately, then he/she can assume that the patient's body is not coping well to the medicine. At that point, with qualified expertise, can switch out for a different medicine that aids the client's condition.
Hope this helps. <3