NUR1141 Exam questions and answers Graded A+ latest update L.S. is a 55-year-old male patient who is seeing his family physician today. The patient's wife, who is a nurse, believes L.S. has type 2 diabetes. When the physician questions the pati

NUR1141 Exam questions and answers Graded A+ latest update L.S. is a 55-year-old male patient who is seeing his family physician today. The patient's wife, who is a nurse, believes L.S. has type 2 diabetes. When the physician questions the patient about his symptoms, the patient reports that his wife commented on how much water he was drinking and that he had to urinate frequently. He has had an 8-lb weight loss as well. L.S.'s wife performed fingerstick blood glucose levels on the patient, and the results were 160 mg/dL and 180 mg/dL on separate days. Today his blood sugar is 176 mg/dL. The physician prescribes glimepiride (Amaryl). The patient asks how a pill will lower his blood sugar. How will the nurse respond? -Glimepiride (Amaryl)