Ch 11 Diabetic Medications

Chapter 11: Diabetic Medications
Mulholland: The Nurse, The Math, The Meds, 3rd Edition


ESSAY

1. a. What are the three main classifications of insulin activity (onset and/or duration)?
b. Does insulin elevate or lower blood glucose levels?




ANS:

a. Short/rapid; intermediate; long-acting
b. Lowers blood glucose

2. Ordered: NovoLog insulin 8 units subcut ac tid




a. Mark the dose on the syringe.




b. Is this a rapid-, intermediate-, or long-acting insulin?
c. What does U 100 mean?

ANS:
a.




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, b. Rapid
c. 100 units per mL

3. Ordered: insulin glargine 28 units subcut at bedtime daily




a. What is the concentration in units per milliliter?
b. Mark the dose on the syringe.




c. Is this a rapid-, intermediate-, or long-acting insulin?
d. What is the major difference between insulin glargine and other insulins?

ANS:




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