Exam 46: Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia

The nurse instructs a patient about how insulin affects blood glucose.(Arrange the events in sequence.) A) Beta cells are stimulated to release insulin. B) Glucose enters the bloodstream. C) Glycogen is converted to glucose by alpha cells (glycogenesis). D) Glycogen is stored in the liver. E) Insulin transports glucose to muscle cells.

A patient tells the nurse that she eats "huge" amounts of food but stays hungry most of the time.The nurse explains that hunger experienced by persons with type 1 diabetes is caused by the:

The home health care nurse is assessing a patient with type 1 diabetes who has been controlled for 6 months.The nurse is surprised and concerned about a blood glucose reading of 52.This episode of hypoglycemia is probably caused by the patient's having:

When the patient with type 2 diabetes says,"Why in the world are they looking at my hemoglobin? I thought my problem was with my blood sugar." The nurse responds that the level of hemoglobin A1c:

The nurse is drawing up a teaching plan for a patient who has type 1 diabetes.The physician has ordered two types of insulin,10 U of regular insulin and 35 U of neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH)insulin.The proper procedure is to:

The patient with type 2 diabetes shows a blood sugar reading of 72 at 6 AM.Based on the reading of 72,the nurse should:

The nurse tells a patient that the functional causes of hypoglycemia include:

The patient has been admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of DKA.The nurse anticipates that the patient will exhibit vital signs of:

When a patient newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus asks the nurse why she has to take a pill instead of insulin,the nurse replies that in type 2 diabetes mellitus,the body makes insulin but:

A patient has come to the physician's office after finding out that her blood glucose level was 135 mg/dl.She states that she had not eaten before the test and was told to come and see her physician.She asks the nurse if she has diabetes.The nurse responds: