Certified Diabetes Educator Exam 1Questions & Answers 100% Correct!

Goals for a self-management program are guided by - ANSWERprogram philosophy Acculturation - ANSWERthe process of cultural and psychological change that results following meeting between cultures Enculturation - ANSWERthe process by which a person learns the requirements of the culture by which he or she is surrounded Avoid resistive exercise - ANSWERESRD, nephropathy, Charcot's foot, proliferative retinopathy Glipizide - ANSWERshould be taken on an empty stomach Drugs that raise blood glucose - ANSWERClonidine, Corticosteroids, Cyclosporine, Diuretic, Estrogen, Gemfibrozil, Oral Contraceptives, Phenytoin (Dilantin), Thyroid Hormone (Synthroid) Sulfonylurea + Aspirin - ANSWERlowers blood glucose Metformin + Clonidine - ANSWERraises blood glucose The accuracy goal of home meters is a total error of - ANSWERup to 15% A blood glucose meter that measures plasma blood glucose in the laboratory would be - ANSWERhigher than a whole blood glucose reading Diabetes Control and Complication Trial (DCCT) - Type 1 - ANSWERIntensive blood glucose reduces risk of eye disease by 76%, risk of kidney disease by 50%, nerve disease by 60% United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) - Type 2 - ANSWEREvery percentage point decrease in HgA1c, there was a 35% reduction in the risk of microvascular complications. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) - ANSWERLifestyle changes was more