Week 1: Nurs 2514 Diabetes Pharm Questions with
Correct Answers
True or False: Insulin is an anabolic hormone correct answer✔✔ True, it
builds complex molecules from simple monomers
What will happen in the body when there is insulin deficiency? correct
answer✔✔ Body goes into catabolic mode (breakdown molecules)
1. increase glycogenolysis (breakingdown glycogen)
2. increase gluconeogenesis (creation of new glucose from
noncarbohydrate precursors)
3. decrease glucose usage
True or False: Insulin is released when blood sugar increases correct
answer✔✔ True, typically after a carb heavy meal
What are the two rapid acting insulin? correct answer✔✔ Insulin Lispro
(Humalog) and insulin Aspart (Novolog)
What is the onset, peak, and duration of rapid acting insulin lispro?
correct answer✔✔ onset: 15-30 mins
peak: 30 mins - 2.5hrs
duration: 3-6hrs
What are the nursing considerations for insulin lispro? correct
answer✔✔ •SC inj: ~15 min before or JUST after meals
, •Subcut pump: provide continuous glucose control
•Common sliding scale insulin choice
True or False: The onset, peak and duration of insulin lispro is the same
as insulin aspart correct answer✔✔ True
What is the big difference between insulin lispro and insulin aspart?
correct answer✔✔ insulin lispro: •SC inj: ~15 min before or JUST after
meals
insulin aspart: •SC inj: 5-10 mins before meals
What is the short acting insulin? correct answer✔✔ Regular insulin
(Humulin R, Novolin R)
- Identical to human/endogenous insulin
What is the onset, peak, and duration of short acting regular insulin ?
correct answer✔✔ onset: 30-60 min
peak: 1-5 hrs
duration: 6-10 hrs
What are the nursing consideration of regular insulin? correct
answer✔✔ •30 min pre-meal subcut injection for postprandial control
•Subcut pump: provides continuous glucose control
(not as popular as rapid acting for this)
•Sometimes used as a sliding scale insulin
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