Labwork
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Complications
Diabetes Pot-Luck
100
Measures level of glucose control over 3 months
What is Hemoglobin A1C?
100
Name 3 classic symptoms of Type 1 diabetes.
Polydipsia Polyuria Polyphasia
100
What is insulin resistance?
What is the cells become resistant to insulin, glucose uptake to the cells is inhibited, so that the glucose remains in the blood.
100
Name 3 symptoms of hypoglycemia
What is headache, diaphoresis, irritability.
100
The American Diabetic association recommends a Hemoglobin A1C to be less than:
What is 7%.
200
The most definitive test for diabetes mellitus?
What is Glucose Tolerance test?
200
Type 1 diabetics are more prone to which life threatening complication?
What is Diabetic Ketoacidosis?
200
Name 3 symptoms of Type 2 diabetes:
What is Weight gain, fatigue, blurry vision
200
Name 3 symptoms of hyperglycemia
What is Thirst, hot dry skin, increased urination.
200
Rebound hyperglycemia, most often occurring at night.
What is Somogyi effect?
300
True or False: Type 1 Diabetics produce little or no exogenous insulin.
What is False: Type one diabetics produce little or no endogenous insulin. They require exogenous insulin injections for life.
300
Name 3 risk factors associated with the development of type 2 Diabetes
What is Older age, obesity, family history of diabetes mellitus, history of gestational diabetes, physical inactivity, race/ethnicity-african american, hispanic, amerian indian, native hawaiian, pacific islanders.
300
Classic signs of diabetic ketoacidosis
What is "fruity" odor to breath, Kussmaul's respirations, loose, dry skin.
300
Name the components of Metabolic syndrome
What is insulin resistance, hypertension, increased VLDL and decreased HDL cholesterol.
400
Name 3 topics to teach a patient going in for a fasting blood glucose draw?
What is: nothing to eat or drink after midnight Do not take oral hypoglycemics or insulin until after the sample is drawn. The sample is drawn by venipuncture.
400
Atrophy of subcutaneous tissue, usually caused by not rotating injection sites?
What is Lipodystrophy?
400
True or False: Type 2 diabetics never have to take insulin.
What is False: Type two diabetics may have to take insulin when the oral hypoglycemics do not adequately control glucose.
400
Symptoms include extremely high glucose levels, dehydration, absence of ketone bodies.
What is Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar, Nonketotic syndrome?
400
Name 3 microvascular complications of Diabetes:
What is Nephropathy, retinopathy, Neuropathy.
500
Name 3 blood tests used to diagnose diabetes
What is Fasting Blood Glucose 2 hour post prandial Glucose Glucose tolerance test.
500
Name 3 topics to include when teaching about a sick day diet.
What is : Take insulin as prescribed-adjust dosage depending on blood glucose readings. Eat a normal diet on schedule. Take at least 8 oz of water or calorie free liquid each hour to prevent dehydration.
500
Name 3 nursing diagnoses for a patient with diabetes mellitus type 2.
What is Knowledge deficit, Imbalanced nutrition, risk for infection, activity intolerance, ineffective coping?
500
Treatment for a conscious patient with a blood sugar of 40 mg/dL.
What is give 15 grams of rapid acting carbohydrate recheck sugar in 15 minutes, if still low repeat 15 grams of carbohydrate. If blood sugar rises, then follow with a longer acting carbohydrate and protein.
500
Also known as neuropathic arthropathy. This disease is characterized by neuropathy, pathological fracture and deformity of the foot and or ankle.
What is Charcot's foot?
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