Diabetes 2 Flashcards
(37 cards)
Diabetes nutritional therapy
Balanced energy intake
Provide optimal nutrition
Maintain reasonable weight
Preveent wide fluctuations in glucose
For patients on insulin
Regular meal
Maintain consistent carbo
Easy snakes
Rapid acting insulin dosage adjustment before meal
For patients with type 2 diabetes nutritional management
Regular healthy meals
For ovese- weight-loss
Achieve glucose and bp goals
Glycaemic index (GI) of food
Rise of glucose level after carbohydrate-containing food is consumed
Ranks carbohydrates 0-100
Glycaemic index
High gi (70 and above) Medium gi( 56-69) Low gi (55 and under)
Benefits of exercise therapy
Lower bgbl by
-increasing uptake of glucose - - - improve use of insulin
Improve circulation and musclie tone
Aids losing weight
Exercise recommendations
Type -30 mins everyday Start slow gradual goals after medical clearance Monitor bg After 1 hour of the meal Snack to prevent hypoglycaemia Appropriate footwear Dont exercise if bg is >=13.5 or ketones present in urine
Patient education
Pathophysiology
Treatment modalities
Recognising complications
Other information
Pathophysiology patient edit
Definition of dm
Normal bgl range
Effect of insulin and exercise
Effect of food and stress
Treatment modalities patient education
Info on relevant medication
Diet and exercise
Monitor bgl and ketones and interpreting results
Recognising complication
Recognition normal and abnormal body que
Understanding hypocand hyper
Other complications
Explanation of diagnotic test
Storing of insulin
Management of sharps
How to contact dr
Pharmacological therapy
Glucose lowering agents
Insulin
Oral hypoglycaemic
Insulin
Injection delivery
Subcut, insulin pen,insulin pump, jet injectors
Can be through iv
Differ fromceaxh orher
Clear or cloudy
Oral hypoglycaemics
Work to improve mechanism by which the body produces and insulin and glucose
Use of insulin
Type 1 - insulin theray for life
2 - insulin if oral hypoglycaemic and lifestyle is not enough
- illness, injury, stress, pregnancy
Types of insulin
Rapid acting insulin Short- acting : regular insulin Intermediate-acting insulin Long-acting insulin Combination therapy
Rapid-acting insulin
15 mins onset
Peak 60-90 mins
Duratiin 3-4 hours
Ex: novorapid, humalog
Shirt acting : regular insulin
30 mins on set
2-3 hr peak
4-6 hrs duration
Actrapid trade name
Intermediate acting insulin
3-4 hrs onset
4-12 hrs peak
16-20 hrs duration
Prataphane trade name
Long acting insulin
6-8 hours
12-16 hrs peak
20-30 hours duration
Lantus levemir
Combination therapy
Varies
Insulin delivery
Syringe
Pump
Pen
Iv infusion
Insulin administration- nursing considerations
Usage of insulin syringe Pharmacological action of insulin Mising cloudy and clear insulin Injection sites Scale chart Iv therapy Bgl monitoring patient self administration and management