Diabetes Scenario Failing to double check the name of a nursing home resident‚ a student nurse accidentally gives 13 units of 70/30 insulin to a patient who also received glipizide this morning. * What should the student nurse do when she realizes the error? * Report the error to her preceptor Nurse‚ along with the Nursing Supervisor. * At what point would the insulin peak and when should blood sugars be checked? * 70/30 insulin has a peak of 2-12 hours.
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Level Diploma in Diabetes Education and Clinical Care Fatima College of Health Sciences 2014–08–18/BS/AMW C2 – HS604 DIABETES CLINICAL NURSING II – Diabetes Group Education C2 - Assignment 3 Diabetes - submit: 23 September‚ 2014 Name: Name: Submission date: (Revision date:) C2 – Assignment 3 Group education plan/BS/AMW/18 August‚ 2014 Page 1 INTRODUCTION Together with an identified fellow student a written patient education report regarding a planned diabetes group education
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Nov. 21‚ 2012 (Gandeza Honelyn) Ecology 2:30-5:30 The Gaia Hypothesis A Goddess of the earth: "The Gaia hypothesis says that the temperature‚ oxidation state‚ acidity‚ and certain aspects of the rocks and waters are kept constant‚ and that this homeostasis is maintained by active feedback processes operated automatically and unconsciously by the biota." - James Lovelock‚ The Ages of Gaia It often seems obvious that life on earth lives at the mercy
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good-genes and sexy-sons hypotheses focus on direct benefits associated with female choice. The good-genes hypothesis proposes that a female will choose to mate with males that they believe will produce better offspring. Typically this decision is based off a phenotypic trait that is an sign of higher genetic fitness‚ however sometimes these traits are not good indicators. The sexy-sons hypothesis is similar however it posits that females will choose the most attractive males to mate with so that those
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: an Overview Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with the onset or first recognition during pregnancy. Ninety percent of those diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy will resolve after delivery (Scollan-Koliopoulos‚ Guadagno‚ & Walker‚ 2006). Pregnancy causes estrogen‚ progesterone and human placental lactogen to become elevated which provokes malfunctioning insulin‚ which can lead to insulin resistance and decreased
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Name: Villamarin‚ Jesus Unidad Age: 73 years old Diagnosis: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Etiology: a. Insulin resistance i. Leads to decreased peripheral utilization of glucose ii. Leads to increased liver glucose output b. Beta cell dysfunction; decreased insulin secretion c. Alpha cell dysfunction; lack of suppression of glucagon secretion (p.164‚ Expanded Medicine Blue Book) Signs and Symptoms: a. Polyuria: Excessive and/or frequent urination
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points out directly into the hypothesis. Hypothesis: A research hypothesis can stand for a test of time‚ it must be testable‚ talks about the current knowledge‚ and also realistic. "A hypothesis is a logical supposition‚ a reasonable guess‚ an educated conjecture. It provides a tentative explanation for a phenomenon under investigation." (Leedy and Ormrod‚ 2001). A hypothesis is important because it guides the research. A researcher may refer to the hypothesis to direct his or her thought
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Coming Back Stronger Autobiography of Andrew Christopher Brees 01.24.13 Mikelyn Starrett 1st Hour Coming Back Stronger The title of the book I read was Coming Back Stronger. It is the ultimate comeback story‚ not only of one of the NFL’s top quarterbacks‚ but also of a city and a team that many had all but given up on. When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team‚ coaches around the NFL wondered‚ Will he ever come back? After Hurricane
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Honolulu Rail: not prosperity for our future. The oppnents against the Honolulu rail project object their observations to the Honolulu city in council member of transportation by using letters‚public speeches‚ and interviews. Anti-rail citizen of Hawaii believes the cost of rail will be a burned to our nation. The articles and public speeches announce by the citizens of Hawaii that the rail will not decrease traffic congestion‚ taxes will increase‚ and the project will affect small businesses as
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Diabetes Epidemiology Paper Tammy Stadler‚ RN NUR 408 October 27‚ 2011 Joni Reynolds‚ RN/CNS‚ MSN Diabetes Epidemiology Paper According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ’s National Center for Health Statistics‚ "[By 1993] death certificates listed diabetes as the fifth leading cause of death for Blacks aged 45 to 64‚ and the third leading cause of death for those aged 65 and older in 1990” (Bailey‚ 2007‚ p. 1). These statistics show how serious the problem of diabetes has
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