[Answered]: The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner…

The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner diagnoses an 8-year-old child with type 1 diabetes after a routine urine screen is positive for glucose and negative for ketones and plasma glucose is 350 mg/dL. The child’s weight is normal and the parents report a mild increase in thirst and urine output in the past few days. Which course of action is correct? Send the child to the emergency department for fluids and IV insulin Begin insulin and refer the child to a children’s diabetes center Order a fasting serum glucose and a dipstick UA in the morning Admit the child to the hospital for initial insulin management