People who have type 2 diabetes and who get hemodialysis for kidney disease might need to take less background (basal) insulin on days after dialysis than they do on days when they have not had dialysis. 1  Last Reviewed: September 13, 2013.ay-to-day variation of insulin requirements of patients with type 2 diabetes and end-stage renal disease undergoing maintenance hemodialysis, by Eugene Sobngwi and colleagues.
About 15 million people in the U.S. see the doctor for a sore throat every year and up to 70 percent receive antibiotics, although only a smaller percentage actually have strep throat: approximately 20 to 30 percent of children and just 5 to 15 percent of adults.
Yet RN salaries and benefits altogether represent only about 16 percent of total hospital costs. Nevertheless, nurses are a major target of hospital restructuring plans, which in some cases have called for a reduction of 20 to 50 percent in registered nursing staff.