The diabetes educator has completed his teaching with a family and 13 year old child with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. The nurse knows the teaching has been effective when the child states:

“I can skip checking my blood sugar at noon if I am not going to eat lunch”

“When I am sick i probably will not need as much insulin as usual”

“When i feel irritable, sweaty, and shaky I should check my blood sugar because it might be high”

“When I feel thirsty and have a stomach ache I should check my blood sugar because my sugar might be high”