ATI Skills Module: Diabetes Management Questions and Correct Answers

ATI Skills Module: Diabetes
Management Questions and Correct
Answers

alpha-glucosidase-inhibitor

✓✓~ type of oral antidiabetic agent that delays the absorption of carbohydrates in the intestines




beta cell

✓✓~ type of cell in the pancreas that secretes insulin




casual plasma glucose

✓✓~ glucose concentration in the blood of a specimen taken at any time of day regardless of time
since the person's last meal; also called random blood glucose




diabetes insipidus

✓✓~ disorder of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland that causes excessive thirst and excretion
of large volumes of dilute urine




duration

✓✓~ referring to drugs, the length of time a drug exerts a therapeutic effect




fasting

, ✓✓~ ingesting only water or nothing at all for a predetermined length of time




fingerstick

✓✓~ use of a small lancet to puncture the skin on the side of a fingertip to obtain a single drop of
capillary blood for diagnostic testing




glucometer

✓✓~ a device used to determine the approximate concentration of glucose in the blood




glucose

✓✓~ simple sugar that is the end product of carbohydrate metabolism




hyperglycemia

✓✓~ an elevated blood glucose level




hypoglycemia

✓✓~ a low blood glucose level




injection

✓✓~ insertion of fluid into the body or a container via a needle & syringe




insulin