Test: NCLEX

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You are the nurse taking care of a patient with type two diabetes mellitus. The patient is hospitalized for pneumonia and switched from his home medication, metformin, to sliding-scale insulin, while inpatient. You explain to the patient that the specific reason is which of the following? 

To prevent stroke while hospitalized

To prevent headache while hospitalized

To prevent myocardial infarction while hospitalized

To prevent depression while hospitalized 

To prevent lactic acidosis while hospitalized

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