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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in this document and will be answerable if you have answered the document questions. Morgan: A Case of Diabetes By Lisa Rubin and Clyde Freeman Herreid University at Buffalo‚ State University of New York Part I On Morgan Water’s Oklahoma Indian reservation‚ one fourth of her tribe had diabetes. Of course‚ she knew that. Everyone had heard that. Morgan had no family history of diabetes‚ heart disease‚ or other serious conditions; she never imagined she was at any risk. However‚ she overlooked
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Exercise for Diabetics Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar‚ either because the body does not produce enough insulin‚ or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. This high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination)‚ polydipsia (increased thirst)‚ and polyphagia (increased hunger). There are three main types of diabetes mellitus (DM). Type 1 DM results from the body’s failure to produce insulin
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In turn‚ these causes an improper amount of glucagon to be released. When the system is thrown out of balance‚ it can lead to dangerous levels of glucose in your blood. In people who have diabetes mellitus‚ tissues cannot take up glucose effectively‚ causing blood glucose levels to become very high‚ a condition called hyperglycemia. Because glucose cannot enter the cells of the satiety center of the brain without insulin‚ the satiety center
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Rough draft for patient education plan Diagnosis: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) What is it? A (UTI) Urinary Tract Infection happens when bacteria enters and multiplies in the sterile urinary tract which causes inflammation and can result in small amounts of blood‚ pus‚ and bacteria in the urine. This can cause pain with urination‚ a sense of needing to urinate frequently‚ and sometimes cramping in the lower abdomen. The infection can involve the urethra‚ the bladder‚ sometimes the ureters
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Structured Exercise Helps Effectively Prevent and/or Manage Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus” Introduction According to the American Diabetes Association there are 23.6 million children and adults in the United States‚ or 7.8% of the population‚ who have diabetes. While an estimated 17.9 million have been diagnosed with diabetes‚ unfortunately‚ 5.7 million people (or nearly one quarter) are unaware that they have the disease (1). Diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which the body’s ability to produce insulin
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Children and Diabetes Management Sandra D. Lahrman American Sentinel University Children and Diabetes Management Type II diabetes is an evolving prevalence globally implicating not only predominately-obese middle age adults but also now adolescents and children ranging from 6-15 years of age relatively among the ethnic descent population presenting with other comorbid implications. Diabetes main relationship corresponds with the rising incidence of obesity from repeated exposure
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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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Diabetes is a disease that has been plaguing mankind since as early as the time of the Egyptians in 1552 BC (Canadian Diabetes Association‚ 2005) as we know it. We‚ at the moment‚ understand it to be a disease created by the presence of insulin whether deficiency or resistance to insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is secreted from the pancreas and its purpose is to maintain the levels of glucose within the body (through usage). A lack of insulin would therefore generally result in the inability to
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Diabetes Epidemiology Paper Tammy Stadler‚ RN NUR 408 October 27‚ 2011 Joni Reynolds‚ RN/CNS‚ MSN Diabetes Epidemiology Paper According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ’s National Center for Health Statistics‚ "[By 1993] death certificates listed diabetes as the fifth leading cause of death for Blacks aged 45 to 64‚ and the third leading cause of death for those aged 65 and older in 1990” (Bailey‚ 2007‚ p. 1). These statistics show how serious the problem of diabetes has
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