Patient admitted to telemetry unit

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A nurse is caring for an 80-year-old-male patient admitted to the telemetry unit nurses notes 1930 received 80-year-old type 2 diabetes treated with metformin and glipizide. He was healthy, alert, and active until he developed a pressure ulcer on his right great toe about 5 weeks ago. He was treated at home with moist saline dressings daily, and the family thought it was improving. They last visited him 5 days ago. Today, his son found him in bed and confused and brought him to the emergency department. His foot is red and edematous and much worse according to his son. The lab tech just drew his blood and reported that his blood glucose was 58.

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