The RN is engaging in the teaching learning process with two (2) patients who will be taught separately how to administer their own insulin injections.
One patient is a 10 year old boy and the other patient is a 28 year old woman.
The 10 year old is a newly diagnosed Insulin Dependent Diabetic and the 28 year old progressed to being an Insulin Dependent Diabetic following her most recent pregnancy when she experienced Gestational Diabetes.