QMA INSULIN ADMINISTRATION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT A GRADED ANSWERS

QMA INSULIN ADMINISTRATION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT A GRADED ANSWERS What is glucagon used for? - Answer-it increases glucose availability to treat hypoglycemia When do glucose levels reach peak time - Answer-30 minutes What 2 main hormones are produced by the pancreas - Answer-Insulin and glucagon When do glucoses levels reach baseline - Answer-3 hours What is the normal range for fasting blood glucose or before meals blood glucose - Answer-70-110 What prevents fat from being broken down into excessive amounts of substance called keystones - Answer-Insulin What are keystones ? - Answer-Chemicals your liver makes when you don't have enough insulin in your body to turn sugar into energy What is the process of ketoacidosis ? - Answer-When keystones buildup in the blood it makes the blood acidic What is insulin important for protein utilization in the body ? - Answer-With out glucose in the cells the body will break down proteins in the body you need What is diabetes mellitus? - Answer-A disease in which the body does not produce or respond properly to insulin polydipsia - Answer-excessive thirst polyuria - Answer-excessive urination polyphagia - Answer-excessive hunger When does the endocrine system release (adrenaline) or the fight or flight hormone - Answer-In an effort to pull itself out of the hypoglycemic state. What 3 things can happen if glucose levels stays too low too long ? - Answer-Seizures , coma , and death warm and dry - Answer-sugar is high Cold and clammy - Answer-need some candy What kind of foods should be monitored ? - Answer-Sugar and sugar containing food Why are hypoglycemic medications given ? - Answer-To stimulate insulin secretions in the pancreas Decreases the amount of glucose released by the liver Delay the digestion of carbohydrates in the diet Between periods of food intake insulin in the blood remains - Answer-Low What is destroyed in the digestive tract ? - Answer-Insulin administered by injection glipizide - Answer-Glucotrol metformin - Answer-Glucophage pioglitazone - Answer-Actos sitagliptin - Answer-Januvia liraglutide - Answer-Victoza glimepiride - Answer-Amaryl dapagliflozin - Answer-Farxiga Why can insulin not be taken in pill form ? - Answer-The stomach acid will break it down or destroy it making it ineffective What is glucose testing ? - Answer-Determines the amount of glucose circulating in the blood What can you have when doing 12 hour fasting blood glucose testing - Answer-Nothing except water What are you looking for with the hemoglobin testing? - Answer-The consistency of blood over a period of time with normal levels being (3.8-6.4%) beta cells - Answer-A type of cell in the pancreas that produces and releases insulin The bigger the gauge - Answer-The smaller the needle The smaller the gauge number - Answer-The bigger the needle Insulin Lispro (Humalog) - Answer-rapid acting insulin Regular insulin - Answer-Humulin R, Novolin R Intermediate acting insulin - Answer-NPH (Humulin N, Novolin N) Long acting insulin - Answer-glargine (Lantus) detemir (Levemir) Rapid acting insulin appearance - Answer-clear Regular appearance - Answer-Clear Intermediate acting appearance - Answer-Cloudy Long acting appearance - Answer-clear What insulin can you NOT mix - Answer-Lantus you can not mix Humulin N and Novolin N peak time - Answer-4-10 hours Humulin R and Novolin R peak time - Answer-2-4 hours Lispro (Humalog) peck time Aspart (Novolin) peak time - Answer-1-2 hours