NR 601 GOLDEN TIPS FINAL EXAM (PRIMARY CARE OF THE MATURING & AGED PRACTICUM) 163+Questions with actual solutions

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NR 601 GOLDEN TIPS FINAL EXAM (PRIMARY CARE OF THE MATURING & AGED PRACTICUM) 163+Questions with actual solutions 2024 updated (week 5, 6,7,&8)contents ... Week 5 Content Diabetes 1.) What is prediabetes defined as? -Impaired glucose tolerance 2.) What is another word for impaired glucose tolerance? -Prediabetes 3.) Described as an autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells leading to ketoacidosis & lack of insulin: -Type 1 Diabetes 4.) How is Type 1 Diabetes described? -Autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells leading to ketoacidosis & lack of insulin. 5.) Described as insulin resistance & impaired insulin secretion by islet cells of pancreas & decline of beta cell function: -Type 2 Diabetes 6.) How is Type 2 Diabetes described? -Insulin resistance & impaired insulin secretion by islet cells of pancreas & decline of beta cell function. 7.) What are important things to assess on a patient that you may suspect/has been diagnosed with prediabetes, type 1 diabetes, or type 2 diabetes? -Height/weight, blood pressure, cardiovascular assessment, thyroid, ophthalmic, peripheral, feet/skin, neuro, and oral. 8.) You’d assess the height/weight, blood pressure, cardiovascular system, thyroid, ophthalmic, peripheral, feet/skin, neuro, and oral on a patient you suspect may have/is diagnosed with: -Prediabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes 9.) To diagnose diabetes, what must be present? -A1C >6.5%, random glucose level of 200 mg/dL in presence of classic symptoms of hyperglycemia, fasting plasma glucose of >126 or higher on 2 separate occasions, 2 hour postload plasma glucose of >200 during OGTT 10.) What does OGTT stand for? [Show More]

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