The nurse admits a client with type 2 diabetes who takes metformin (Glucophage).The nursing diagnosis given is ineffective breathing pattern. What complication of the client's current drug therapy does the nurse believe the client is experiencing?

Lactic acidosis

Explanation:

Lactic acidosis is a medical condition in which ones body started accumulating lactate and form excess of low pH in the bloodstream.

The pateint with type 2 diabetes shows metabolic acidosis due to consumption of metformin (Glucophage), which results in the excessive accumulation of acid in the body.

The patient is showing ineffective breathing pattern which means there is a problem with the oxidative metabolism of the patient which causes excessive acid accumulation problem and thus the client is dealing with the problem of Lactic acidosis.