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Nurs 221 Exam 3 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Glucose regulation
⼀Answer:⼀ Process of maintaining optimal blood glucose levels; also
known as glycemic control.
Hypoglycemia
⼀Answer:⼀ Blood sugar less than 70
euglycemia
⼀Answer:⼀ Blood sugar 70-14- normal
Hyperglycemia
⼀Answer:⼀ Blood sugar greater than 140
Prediabetes
⼀Answer:⼀ a condition in which the blood sugar level is higher than
normal, but not high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes
gestational diabetes
⼀Answer:⼀ a form of diabetes mellitus that occurs during some
pregnancies
type 1 diabetes mellitus
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⼀Answer:⼀ diabetes in which no beta-cell production of insulin
occurs and the patient is dependent on insulin for survival
Type 1 occurs at an age less than 30 years of age
type 2 diabetes(pg:1267&1271)
⼀Answer:⼀ Diabetes of a form that develops especially in adults
and most often obese individuals and that is characterized by high
blood glucose resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with
the body's inability to compensate with increased insulin production.
- Adult onset (80-90 percent of all diabetics)
- Low carb diet
- Insulin resistant
Risks:
- obesity
- age greater than 30 it can occur
- Genetics
Physical Changes in Type 1 diabetes
⼀Answer:⼀ - chronic long lasting health condition
Type One 3 P's
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⼀Answer:⼀ Polyuria
Polydipsia
Polyphagia
Gluconeogenesis
⼀Answer:⼀ the making of glucose from a noncarbohydrate source
such as amino acids or glycerol. Convert protein and fat stores back
into glucose
Glycogenolysis
⼀Answer:⼀ Liver breakdown of glycogen to glucose
Glycogen
⼀Answer:⼀ An extensively branched glucose storage
polysaccharide found in the liver and muscle of animals; the animal
equivalent of starch.
Glucagon
⼀Answer:⼀ A protein hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine
cells that raises blood glucose levels; an antagonistic hormone to
insulin. Glucose is gone.
3 acid base control actions and mechanisms
⼀Answer:⼀ Chemical Buffers, Respiratory, Kidneys
Risk Factors for Type 2 diabetes
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⼀Answer:⼀ Smoking
obesity
Poor diet
Sedentary lifestyle
Genetics: family history
Vascular changes: hypertension, atherosclerosis, PAD, PVD
Perfusion issues
polyuria
⼀Answer:⼀ excessive urination
polydipsia
⼀Answer:⼀ Excessive thirst that persists for long periods of time,
despite reasonable fluid intake. Often the result of excessive urination.
polyphagia
⼀Answer:⼀ excessive hunger
Physical Changes in Type 2 diabetes
⼀Answer:⼀ -Pancreas works sometimes others not
- Not sufficient enough to accept insulin
Insulin
Nurs 221 Exam 3 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Glucose regulation
⼀Answer:⼀ Process of maintaining optimal blood glucose levels; also
known as glycemic control.
Hypoglycemia
⼀Answer:⼀ Blood sugar less than 70
euglycemia
⼀Answer:⼀ Blood sugar 70-14- normal
Hyperglycemia
⼀Answer:⼀ Blood sugar greater than 140
Prediabetes
⼀Answer:⼀ a condition in which the blood sugar level is higher than
normal, but not high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes
gestational diabetes
⼀Answer:⼀ a form of diabetes mellitus that occurs during some
pregnancies
type 1 diabetes mellitus
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⼀Answer:⼀ diabetes in which no beta-cell production of insulin
occurs and the patient is dependent on insulin for survival
Type 1 occurs at an age less than 30 years of age
type 2 diabetes(pg:1267&1271)
⼀Answer:⼀ Diabetes of a form that develops especially in adults
and most often obese individuals and that is characterized by high
blood glucose resulting from impaired insulin utilization coupled with
the body's inability to compensate with increased insulin production.
- Adult onset (80-90 percent of all diabetics)
- Low carb diet
- Insulin resistant
Risks:
- obesity
- age greater than 30 it can occur
- Genetics
Physical Changes in Type 1 diabetes
⼀Answer:⼀ - chronic long lasting health condition
Type One 3 P's
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⼀Answer:⼀ Polyuria
Polydipsia
Polyphagia
Gluconeogenesis
⼀Answer:⼀ the making of glucose from a noncarbohydrate source
such as amino acids or glycerol. Convert protein and fat stores back
into glucose
Glycogenolysis
⼀Answer:⼀ Liver breakdown of glycogen to glucose
Glycogen
⼀Answer:⼀ An extensively branched glucose storage
polysaccharide found in the liver and muscle of animals; the animal
equivalent of starch.
Glucagon
⼀Answer:⼀ A protein hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine
cells that raises blood glucose levels; an antagonistic hormone to
insulin. Glucose is gone.
3 acid base control actions and mechanisms
⼀Answer:⼀ Chemical Buffers, Respiratory, Kidneys
Risk Factors for Type 2 diabetes
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⼀Answer:⼀ Smoking
obesity
Poor diet
Sedentary lifestyle
Genetics: family history
Vascular changes: hypertension, atherosclerosis, PAD, PVD
Perfusion issues
polyuria
⼀Answer:⼀ excessive urination
polydipsia
⼀Answer:⼀ Excessive thirst that persists for long periods of time,
despite reasonable fluid intake. Often the result of excessive urination.
polyphagia
⼀Answer:⼀ excessive hunger
Physical Changes in Type 2 diabetes
⼀Answer:⼀ -Pancreas works sometimes others not
- Not sufficient enough to accept insulin
Insulin
