NUR 205 ALL EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔LDL cholesterol - ✔✔Bad cholesterol.
levels need to be lower than 70
✔✔How is cholesterol related to BS? - ✔✔Taking a lipid panel test first before an A1C
helps us determine how that patient regulates glucose.
✔✔Triglyceride levels - ✔✔Needs to be lower than 150
✔✔What are the components of the lipid panel? - ✔✔HDL
LDL
Triglycerides
✔✔BS over 140 can start to _____________________ - ✔✔Put stress on the beta-cells
✔✔BS over 170 can start to cause _____________________ - ✔✔Damage of the small
blood vessels in the body which causes vascular problems
✔✔Type 1 Diabetes - ✔✔-INSULIN DEPENDENT
-Born w/o beta cells in the pancreas
-Rapid onset of diagnosis
-Usually happens early in life (genetic)
-Need lifelong insulin treatments (pump etc.)
-DKA's very common
-Must eat regularly 5-6 times/day
-Cannot take oral glycemic meds
✔✔Type 2 Diabetes - ✔✔-Pancreas is worn out by too much carb/sugar intake that it
becomes INSULIN RESISTANT
-Happens later in life
, -Slow onset of diagnosis
-Increased obesity, sedentary lifestyle, poor nutrition
✔✔Chronic Complications of Diabetes - ✔✔-Stroke
-Heart attack
-Peripheral artery disease
-Diabetic retinopathy
-Cataracts
-Glaucoma
-Neuropathy
-Skin conditions
-Poor wound healing
✔✔Statins - ✔✔drugs used to lower cholesterol in the bloodstream
-reduce the risk of MI and stroke
✔✔Oral hypoglycemic agents - ✔✔These medications promote insulin release from the
ilet cells in the pancreas.
✔✔Examples of oral hypoglycemics - ✔✔-Metformin
-Glypiside
✔✔Do not give oral hypoglycemics to who? - ✔✔Type 1 diabetics
✔✔Metabolic Syndrome - ✔✔A cluster of conditions like high BS, high BP, excessive
wasting, body fat, abnormally high lipids acting together that increase the risk of heart
disease, stroke, and diabetes.
Type 1 DM
✔✔Glycogen - ✔✔Found in the pancreas; stores glucose (stored sugar for energy
source)
✔✔Euglycemia - ✔✔The term used to describe normal BS levels
70--120
✔✔A1C test - ✔✔Diabetic diagnosis test checking sugar on red blood cells to get an
average glucose level over several months (90 days)
✔✔A1C Normal range - ✔✔Optimal level is lower than 7
✔✔DM type 2 education - ✔✔HYDRATION
Increase exercise
Proper Vit D intake
Low carb
Increased Fiber intake
SURE A+
✔✔LDL cholesterol - ✔✔Bad cholesterol.
levels need to be lower than 70
✔✔How is cholesterol related to BS? - ✔✔Taking a lipid panel test first before an A1C
helps us determine how that patient regulates glucose.
✔✔Triglyceride levels - ✔✔Needs to be lower than 150
✔✔What are the components of the lipid panel? - ✔✔HDL
LDL
Triglycerides
✔✔BS over 140 can start to _____________________ - ✔✔Put stress on the beta-cells
✔✔BS over 170 can start to cause _____________________ - ✔✔Damage of the small
blood vessels in the body which causes vascular problems
✔✔Type 1 Diabetes - ✔✔-INSULIN DEPENDENT
-Born w/o beta cells in the pancreas
-Rapid onset of diagnosis
-Usually happens early in life (genetic)
-Need lifelong insulin treatments (pump etc.)
-DKA's very common
-Must eat regularly 5-6 times/day
-Cannot take oral glycemic meds
✔✔Type 2 Diabetes - ✔✔-Pancreas is worn out by too much carb/sugar intake that it
becomes INSULIN RESISTANT
-Happens later in life
, -Slow onset of diagnosis
-Increased obesity, sedentary lifestyle, poor nutrition
✔✔Chronic Complications of Diabetes - ✔✔-Stroke
-Heart attack
-Peripheral artery disease
-Diabetic retinopathy
-Cataracts
-Glaucoma
-Neuropathy
-Skin conditions
-Poor wound healing
✔✔Statins - ✔✔drugs used to lower cholesterol in the bloodstream
-reduce the risk of MI and stroke
✔✔Oral hypoglycemic agents - ✔✔These medications promote insulin release from the
ilet cells in the pancreas.
✔✔Examples of oral hypoglycemics - ✔✔-Metformin
-Glypiside
✔✔Do not give oral hypoglycemics to who? - ✔✔Type 1 diabetics
✔✔Metabolic Syndrome - ✔✔A cluster of conditions like high BS, high BP, excessive
wasting, body fat, abnormally high lipids acting together that increase the risk of heart
disease, stroke, and diabetes.
Type 1 DM
✔✔Glycogen - ✔✔Found in the pancreas; stores glucose (stored sugar for energy
source)
✔✔Euglycemia - ✔✔The term used to describe normal BS levels
70--120
✔✔A1C test - ✔✔Diabetic diagnosis test checking sugar on red blood cells to get an
average glucose level over several months (90 days)
✔✔A1C Normal range - ✔✔Optimal level is lower than 7
✔✔DM type 2 education - ✔✔HYDRATION
Increase exercise
Proper Vit D intake
Low carb
Increased Fiber intake
