Insulin lispro (Humalog)

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Insulin lispro (Humalog)

ATI class: Rapid-acting insulin / Antidiabetic

Action

  • ATI/source-folder candidate for Insulin lispro (Humalog); verify mechanism against the source table before validation.

Therapeutic use

  • Review under Diabetes mellitus medication safety.

Nursing assessment

  • Check blood glucose before administration.
  • Verify meal tray or carbohydrate source is available before rapid-acting insulin.
  • Assess for hypoglycemia cues such as diaphoresis, tremor, tachycardia, confusion, or hunger.

Administration

  • Verify route against the order and source table.

Side effects

  • Verify common side effects against the source table.

Adverse effects

  • Hypoglycemia
  • Hypokalemia with intensive or IV insulin therapy
  • Lipodystrophy at repeated injection sites

Interactions

  • Beta blockers can mask adrenergic hypoglycemia cues.
  • Corticosteroids and thiazide diuretics can raise glucose and increase insulin needs.
  • Alcohol can increase hypoglycemia risk.

Contraindications

  • Current hypoglycemia

Precautions

  • Use caution with inconsistent meal intake, renal impairment, acute illness, or changing activity level.
  • Dose changes require provider-guided glucose monitoring.

Client teaching

  • Eat promptly after rapid-acting insulin as directed.
  • Carry a fast-acting carbohydrate source.
  • Rotate injection sites and monitor glucose as prescribed.

Medication outcomes

  • Therapeutic response with no priority adverse effects.

Antidote / rescue

  • No specific antidote is seeded; hold/question unsafe doses and manage toxicity per provider, facility, or poison-control guidance.

NCLEX priority cues

  • Low glucose or no meal available is a hold-and-question cue.
  • Altered mental status after insulin is hypoglycemia until proven otherwise.
  • Treat hypoglycemia before routine teaching.

Medication classes

Insulins

Source attribution

Google Drive source topic: Diabetes mellitus
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Related study cards

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Insulins

Moves glucose from blood into cells; also shifts potassium into cells when used with dextrose for hyperkalemia.

ATI cueInteraction
Alcohol can increase hypoglycemia risk.

ATI medication interaction concept.

ATI cueNCLEX Priority Cue
Altered mental status after insulin is hypoglycemia until proven otherwise.

ATI medication nclex priority cue concept.

ATI cueClass
Antidiabetic

ATI medication class concept.

ATI cueNursing Assessment
Assess for hypoglycemia cues such as diaphoresis, tremor, tachycardia, confusion, or hunger.

ATI medication nursing assessment concept.

ATI cueMechanism of Action
ATI/source-folder candidate for Insulin lispro (Humalog); verify mechanism against the source table before validation.

ATI medication mechanism of action concept.

ATI cueInteraction
Beta blockers can mask adrenergic hypoglycemia cues.

ATI medication interaction concept.

ATI cueClient Teaching
Carry a fast-acting carbohydrate source.

ATI medication client teaching concept.

ATI cueNursing Assessment
Check blood glucose before administration.

ATI medication nursing assessment concept.

ATI cueInteraction
Corticosteroids and thiazide diuretics can raise glucose and increase insulin needs.

ATI medication interaction concept.

ATI cueContraindication
Current hypoglycemia

ATI medication contraindication concept.

ATI cuePrecaution
Dose changes require provider-guided glucose monitoring.

ATI medication precaution concept.