Diabetes Scenario Failing to double check the name of a nursing home resident‚ a student nurse accidentally gives 13 units of 70/30 insulin to a patient who also received glipizide this morning. * What should the student nurse do when she realizes the error? * Report the error to her preceptor Nurse‚ along with the Nursing Supervisor. * At what point would the insulin peak and when should blood sugars be checked? * 70/30 insulin has a peak of 2-12 hours.
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NRS 339L: Hyperglycemia Cindy Clair & Sara Scaggs Northern Kentucky University 1. Type 1 Diabetes: Formerly known as juvenile onset diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an immune-mediated disease. The body’s own T cells attack and destroy pancreatic beta (B) cells‚ which are the source of insulin. In addition‚ autoantibodies to the islet cells cause a reduction of 80-90% of normal B cell function before hyperglycemia and other manifestations occur. (Mosby‚ 2011)
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People aren’t used to the natural anymore. People are more interested in things such as supernatural now and hardly focus enough of their attention to natural form of things. Everything now is being warped into something that is profitable‚ quick‚ and easy. Our society is rooted now with the idea of living in a constant fast life with goals that must be met and achievements that must be achieved. This stigma is varies in different cultures but the same idea trickles through each. I think that the
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: an Overview Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with the onset or first recognition during pregnancy. Ninety percent of those diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy will resolve after delivery (Scollan-Koliopoulos‚ Guadagno‚ & Walker‚ 2006). Pregnancy causes estrogen‚ progesterone and human placental lactogen to become elevated which provokes malfunctioning insulin‚ which can lead to insulin resistance and decreased
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conditions that women find themselves faced with during pregnancy such as gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a conditions which develops during pregnancy. It occurs when the body is incapable of producing enough insulin to for the mother and fetus. If not properly managed it can cause adverse complications to the mother and the baby. Bassaw et al (2012) states “the main purpose of diagnosing gestational diabetes is to identify women at high risk of adverse perinatal outcomes including macrosomia
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“Comparison of mobile monitoring devices for patients with diabetes” Table of Contents 1.1 Structure of the thesis 7 1.2 Study Background 7 1.2.1 Concept of Mobile Health 7 1.2.2 Mobile devices in Health care 8 1.3 Problem statement 10 1.4 Value‚ goal and scope 10 1.5 Diabetes mellitus 11 1.6 Prevalence 12 1.6.1 Population division 16 1.6.2 Methods and equipment to control diabetes 17 1.7 Aims and objectives 18 2.1 Introduction 19 2.2 Purpose of Research
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Coming Back Stronger Autobiography of Andrew Christopher Brees 01.24.13 Mikelyn Starrett 1st Hour Coming Back Stronger The title of the book I read was Coming Back Stronger. It is the ultimate comeback story‚ not only of one of the NFL’s top quarterbacks‚ but also of a city and a team that many had all but given up on. When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team‚ coaches around the NFL wondered‚ Will he ever come back? After Hurricane
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Honolulu Rail: not prosperity for our future. The oppnents against the Honolulu rail project object their observations to the Honolulu city in council member of transportation by using letters‚public speeches‚ and interviews. Anti-rail citizen of Hawaii believes the cost of rail will be a burned to our nation. The articles and public speeches announce by the citizens of Hawaii that the rail will not decrease traffic congestion‚ taxes will increase‚ and the project will affect small businesses as
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Diabetes in Children Nancy Scherfel HS 200-01 Unit 2 Capstone Project: Case Study #1-Diabetes Kaplan University July 19‚ 2011 Diabetes in Children Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is a disease that affects about 180 million people and about one in every 400-600 children‚ (Roper et al 2009). This type of diabetes is generally found in young children and adolescence and if not properly taken control of‚ this can be very hazardous to one’s life. Understanding what type 1 diabetes means
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influences their journey of interpreting the world in which they are immersed. Throughout the duration of semester one we’ve read and annotated novels‚ poems‚ of finding out our cultural identities British born journalist‚ novelist‚ and travel writer Pico Iyer‚ in his essay‚ “Where Worlds Collide”‚ he describes the way immigrants feel when they enter a new country with different cultural perspectives. “... they come out‚ disoriented‚ heads still partly in the clouds‚ bodies still several time zones
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