RELIAS (NCLEX: DKA) ASSESSMENT GUIDE 2025
|MOST COMMON QUESTIONS(THE LATEST QUIZ)
WITH CORRECTLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS|ALREADY A+
GRADED|GUARANTEED PASS
Read this post on an emergency room nurse who talks about how DKA is treated -
https://www.nrsng.com/dka-diabetic-ketoacidosis-real-life-in-the-emergency-room/
LINK TO DKA LECTURE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxrCVf3ZSRs
Causes of DKA: Undetected diabetes: - patient doesn't know they are diabetic and this is
the first sign, usually.
Causes of DKA: More Insulin needed by the body than normal: - the body needs more
units of insulin than it is actually receiving from injections.
Example: when a diabetic become sick (INFECTION) with illness or recovering from surgery or
experiences some type of stress on the body like certain drugs such as, corticosteroids or
thiazide diuretics.
Causes of DKA: Not eating (skipping meals): - body starts to go into "starvation" mode
and begins to burn ketones (normally in nondiabetics when the body goes into starvation mode
it can cope when ketones are released by regulating insulin and glucagon to maintain sugar
levels...but in the diabetic they don't have that ability and ketones production is dangerous).
Causes of DKA: Not taking insulin as scheduled: - therefore the blood glucose levels are
not controlled...ketones are produced and the cycle of acidosis starts to take place in the body.
What are three things that are happening with DKA? - -Hyperglycemia (intracellular to
extracellular shifting takes place which will lead to electrolyte imbalances)
-Ketones in the blood (leads to metabolic acidosis, weight loss because of all the fat burning,
electrolyte shifting as well)
-Metabolic Acidosis (blood pH <7.35 and HCO3 <15 mEq/L)
|MOST COMMON QUESTIONS(THE LATEST QUIZ)
WITH CORRECTLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS|ALREADY A+
GRADED|GUARANTEED PASS
Read this post on an emergency room nurse who talks about how DKA is treated -
https://www.nrsng.com/dka-diabetic-ketoacidosis-real-life-in-the-emergency-room/
LINK TO DKA LECTURE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxrCVf3ZSRs
Causes of DKA: Undetected diabetes: - patient doesn't know they are diabetic and this is
the first sign, usually.
Causes of DKA: More Insulin needed by the body than normal: - the body needs more
units of insulin than it is actually receiving from injections.
Example: when a diabetic become sick (INFECTION) with illness or recovering from surgery or
experiences some type of stress on the body like certain drugs such as, corticosteroids or
thiazide diuretics.
Causes of DKA: Not eating (skipping meals): - body starts to go into "starvation" mode
and begins to burn ketones (normally in nondiabetics when the body goes into starvation mode
it can cope when ketones are released by regulating insulin and glucagon to maintain sugar
levels...but in the diabetic they don't have that ability and ketones production is dangerous).
Causes of DKA: Not taking insulin as scheduled: - therefore the blood glucose levels are
not controlled...ketones are produced and the cycle of acidosis starts to take place in the body.
What are three things that are happening with DKA? - -Hyperglycemia (intracellular to
extracellular shifting takes place which will lead to electrolyte imbalances)
-Ketones in the blood (leads to metabolic acidosis, weight loss because of all the fat burning,
electrolyte shifting as well)
-Metabolic Acidosis (blood pH <7.35 and HCO3 <15 mEq/L)
