Insulin Flashcards
1
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Action
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- Hormone that promotes the storage of the body’s fuels
- Facilitates the transport of various metabolites and ions across cell membranes
- Stimulates the synthesis of glycogen from glucose
2
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Indications
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-Treatment of type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus
3
Q
Contraindications
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-None
4
Q
Caution
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-Pregnancy and lactation
5
Q
Adverse effects
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- Hypoglycemia
- Ketoacidosis
6
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Drug-Drug interactions
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- When given with any drug that decreases blood glucose levels
- Beta blockers
7
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Assessment
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- History and physical exam
- Allergy, pregnancy/lactation, COPD, skin lesions, orientation
- VS, exercise amount, glucose levels
8
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Nursing diagnoses
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- Risk for unstable blood glucose r/t the use of insulin
- Imbalanced nutrition r/t metabolic effects of the drug
- Disturbed sensory perception r/t glucose levels
- Risk for infection r/t injections and disease process
- Risk for injury r/t potential hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia
- Ineffective coping r/t diagnosis and need for injection therapy
- Deficient knowledge regarding drug therapy
9
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Implementation
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- Use caution when mixing types of insulin
- Store in cool place away from sunlight
- Monitor pt during times of trauma or stress
- Monitor pt food intake
- Monitor pt exercise and activities
- Protect pt from infection
- Monitor pt for sensory losses
- Help pt deal with lifestyle changes
- Provide pt teaching
- Ensure pt is follwoing diet and exercise regimen
- Gently rotate vial
- Monitor response
10
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Evaluation
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- Evaluate response to drug
- Evaluate effectiveness of the teaching plan
- Evaluate the effectiveness of comfort and safety measures/ compliance with regimen
