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AccessMedicine - ANSWERS✔✔ available through UConn Library Nursing Database;
provides access to medical and scientific textbooks
www.cdc.gov - ANSWERS✔✔ online resource for vaccines and infectious disease
www.choosemyplate.gov - ANSWERS✔✔ online resource supported by the USGA for
diet and nutrition recommendations
www.nih.gov - ANSWERS✔✔ online resource of the National Institutes of Health.
Provides information on multiple health topics
PRAXIS - ANSWERS✔✔ the philosophy of the SON at UConn
p in praxis - ANSWERS✔✔ professionalism in behavior, presentation, and conduct
r in praxis - ANSWERS✔✔ respect for others, richness, and diversity
a in praxis - ANSWERS✔✔ accountability for actions
x in praxis - ANSWERS✔✔ excellence in research, practice, teaching, and service
i in praxis - ANSWERS✔✔ integrity and inquisitiveness
s in praxis - ANSWERS✔✔ service to students, the profession and community
,the nursing process - ANSWERS✔✔ a systematic approach used to develop critical
thinking skills in the nursing care of patients/families/ communities
assessment, nursing diagnosis/analysis, planning, implementation, evaluation -
ANSWERS✔✔ steps of the nursing process in order
patient's blood glucose level - ANSWERS✔✔ important nursing consideration when
administering medications for diabetes
hypoglycemia - ANSWERS✔✔ blood sugar falls below 60-70 mg/dl and can be life
threatening if <50 mg/dl
symptoms of hypoglycemia - ANSWERS✔✔ tremor, anxiety, palpitations, sweating,
and hunger
symptoms of hypoglycemia lower than 50 mg/dl - ANSWERS✔✔ impaired cognition,
along with weakness, lethargy, confusion, incoordination, and blurred vision,
convulsions, coma, brain damage, or death
hypoglycemia potential of diabetes - ANSWERS✔✔ insulins, sulfonylureas,
meglitinides, GLP-1 receptor agonists
Insulins - ANSWERS✔✔ rapid, short and intermediate acting-Homalog, Novalog, NPH
Sulfonylureas - ANSWERS✔✔ glipizide, glyburide, glimepramide
Meglitinides - ANSWERS✔✔ (glinides): Prandin, Starlix
GLP-1 receptor agonists - ANSWERS✔✔ Liraglutide [Victoza]; Exenatide [Byetta]
[Bydureon]
serum TSH - ANSWERS✔✔ most important tests for thyroid dysfunction
, 0.4-4.0 microunits/ml - ANSWERS✔✔ normal adult serum TSH reference range
hypothyroidism - ANSWERS✔✔ serum TSH is elevated
hyperthyroidism - ANSWERS✔✔ serum TSH is below
Levothyroxine - ANSWERS✔✔ drug of choice for hypothyroidism
poor GI absorption of Levothyroxine - ANSWERS✔✔ common and usually due to
foods/supplements/medications containing calcium or iron
DEXA bone density - ANSWERS✔✔ used to diagnose osteoporosis
osteoporosis t-score - ANSWERS✔✔ t-score <- 2.5
normal t-score - ANSWERS✔✔ t-score >-1.0
osteopenia t-score - ANSWERS✔✔ t-score between -1.0 and -2.5
Bisphosphonates - ANSWERS✔✔ drugs most commonly used to treat osteoporosis,
sometimes for osteopenia
severe esophagitis - ANSWERS✔✔ this is associated with bisphosphonates if taken
incorrectly
alendronate [Fosamax] - ANSWERS✔✔ most commonly used medication used for
osteoporosis
fracture and subsequent disability - ANSWERS✔✔ concern with osteoporosis
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