Medication Management
The goal A1C level for an average diabetic adult.
The type of diabetes mellitus that is most associated with genetic history.
What is Type 2 DM?
While Type 1 usually has onset in childhood, the cause is usually autoimmune/insidious, while Type 2 can be caused by a combination of genetic and lifestyle factors or by medications.
Patients with this learning barrier are more likely to skip important preventative measures, more likely to have chronic conditions, less able to manage chronic conditions, and experience increased hospital visits and admissions.
What is low health literacy?
True or False: one of the 2024 National Patient Safety Goals is to improve health care equity.
What is TRUE?
Goal 16 addresses health care equity, stating that although health care disparities are often viewed through the lens of social injustice, they are primarily a quality and safety concern.
For example, imagine how education and literacy levels or food insecurity may impact a patient's ability to safely manage diabetes.
True or False: Providers are legally responsible for educating patients while it is optional for nurses to supplement this education.
Identifying a new drug for treating brain cancer is an example of applied science. True or false.
False. This is an example of pure science.
Applied science could involve choosing between two cancer drugs by identifying which will have the least side effects to foster compliance.
The name of the abnormal breathing pattern that can be noted in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis
What are Kussmaul respirations?
_______ _________ is the leading cause of medical errors, as opposed to individual negligence or other causes.
What is systematic dysfunction?
Two alternatives to using restraints.
Safety attendant, redirection, family at bedside, low-stimulation environment, bed-alarm, etc.
Sensory deficits, low literacy, lack of motivation, anxiety, and stress are examples of this.
What are learner-related learning barriers?
A category of medication that makes the liver less sensitive to insulin and can lead to medication induced diabetes.
What are corticosteroids?
"Three Ps" that are symptoms of DM type 1.
What are Polydipsia, Polyphagia, and Polyuria.
True or False: Confrontation can be a technique used for therapeutic communication.
What is True? However, passive/aggressive responses and arguing are NOT therapeutic communication techniques.
A _____________ analysis is a widely known process used by health professionals to learn how and why errors occurred
What is a Root Cause Analysis?
The primary domain of learning utilized when a nurse helps a patient learn to use crutches.
What is the Psychomotor Domain?
A medication that decreases hepatic glucose production, decreases intestinal absorption of glucose, and is used as a first line treatment for Type 2 DM
What is Metformin (Glucophage)
A list of four potential long-term complications of Diabetes Mellitus.
What is retinopathy, nephropathy, sensory and motor neuropathy, gastroparesis, amputation secondary to infection, erectile dysfunction, hearth disease, hypertension, stroke, altered lipid metabolism.
A _______ event is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury or the risk thereof
What is a Sentinel Event
True or False: Medical errors cause nearly as many deaths globally each year as malaria does.
What is FALSE? Medical errors cause more deaths each year globally than HIV, TB, and Malaria combined.
The primary domain of learning utilized when a nurse helps a patient learn when to have their lab values checked to monitor a new medication.
What is the cognitive domain?
The timeframe in which Insulin Lispro peaks.
What is 30 minutes to 3 hours?
Three possible findings that may suggest a patient is experiencing the somogyi effect.
What are headache, night sweats, nightmares, high BG in the morning, low BG between 2 and 4 am.
A list of four techniques that can be used as part of therapeutic communication:
These are four of the six aims of the IOM for improvement of care:
What are:
Safe, Timely, Effective, Efficient, Equitable, and Patient-Centered
A counseling and educational technique that is focused on patient goals and is goal directed and patient centered.
What is motivational interviewing?