Standing orders and practices Diet Pathophysiology Insulin Management
100
What is the patient
The provider is often seen as the expert in diabetes management, but this individual is the expert of their disease.
100
What is after the patient eats (so insulin can be adjusted based upon intake)
This is the best time to administer insulin for a patient with a history of poor intake?
100
What is infection
Post operative patients with glucoses at or above 220 mg/dl can have this adverse outcomes
100
What is 180
Type 2 diabetes with 2 or more readings above this glucose level should be started on insulin in the hospital
200
What is 140 - 180
This is the target glucose for diabetic inpatients
200
What is carb counting
This task is key in determining the amount of nutritional insulin needed for each meal
200
What is 12 - 16
Healthy diabetics can store glucose for this many hours
200
What is nutritional or bolus insulin
A normal pancreas responds to a meal by releasing this type of insulin (basal, nutritional or correction)






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