Across
- 7. A ranking of carbohydrates containing foods based of the food’s effect on glucose levels
- 10. People with diabetes are able to eat the same type of foods as people without diabetes
- 11. A collective name for damaging effects of DM that could be life threatning or disabling to patient
- 13. levels Food nutrients like proteins, fats, carbohydrates all affect your ___________
- 16. What nursing activity will you perform to increase your patient’s understanding of diabetes medication, diet, lifestyle changes
- 17. Name the fast acting insulin
- 19. What do you call the condition of an acid/base imbalance in diabetics with severely elevated glucose levels
Down
- 1. Name a type of oral diabetic medication
- 2. What activity makes insulin more effective in the muscles
- 3. Name the lab test required to diagnose DM
- 4. What type of intravenous fluid will you administer for diabetics
- 5. What action is required to reduce transmission of microorganisms
- 6. Name the administration route for insulin
- 8. Name a complication of diabetes where there is decreased microcirculation to the extremities
- 9. when a patient is hyper glycemic they can become ____________ in their cells
- 12. Name the electrolyte that can be elevated in a person with diabetes and who has renal failure
- 14. Type 2 diabetes is just “a touch of sugar” (Myth or Fact)
- 15. What abnormality do you look for in the urine of a diabetic patient that has been NPO
- 18. Name a complication that can occur if insulin is administered incorrectly