Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) Exam

Access More Questions

A patient calls the ambulatory care clinic reporting symptoms of shakiness, sweating, and confusion. They checked their blood glucose and it was 62 mg/dL. The pharmacist should advise the patient to take which of the following immediate actions, according to the ADA's 'Rule of 15'?

Eat a full meal immediately. Inject their prescribed glucagon kit. Consume 15 grams of simple carbohydrates and recheck blood glucose in 15 minutes. Drink a large glass of diet soda and rest.

Correct Answer:

Consume 15 grams of simple carbohydrates and recheck blood glucose in 15 minutes.

Access more questions from this quiz

Continue to Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) Exam for more practice questions and the full quiz experience.

Access More Questions