Week 3: Diabetes

JavaScript isn't enabled in your browser, so this file can't be opened. Enable and reload.

Week 3: Diabetes

Post-Module Quiz

This quiz is mandatory but graded only for completion!
Answers are at the end, and purely for your learning only. Let us know if you have any questions!

Email *

What does insulin do?

Lets blood sugar leave the liver

Helps cells take in blood sugar

Helps cells keep out blood sugar

Lets your body release adrenaline

Clear selection

T/F: Compared with people who do not have diabetes, people who have diabetes are 2 to 3 times more likely to have a heart attack or a stroke.

True

False

Clear selection

What is a possible symptom of type 2 diabetes?

Skin infections that don't heal easily

Fatigue and drowsiness

Dry, itchy skin

Increased thirst

All of the above

Clear selection

In what ways can diabetes affect your body?

a) Cause blurry vision (diabetic retinopathy)

b) Increase risk for stroke, heart disease, and heart attacks

c) Cause kidney damage (diabetic nephropathy)

d) Slow gastrointestinal motility (gastroparesis)

e) Cause poor wound healing

f) Cause numbness and tingling of feet (diabetic neuropathy)

A, B, C, and F only

All of the above

Clear selection

A client comes in to the van and tells you has Type II diabetes. What are some things you can counsel her during her visit?

Diet: limit salt and sugar intake (including refined grains such and white bread and white rice; soda/juice), increase leafy green vegetables, whole grains

Exercise: 30/min for five days/week

Smoking cessation

Medication adherence

You check a client's blood sugar and it reads 450 mg/dl. When you ask how the client is feeling, he mentions he has been very thirsty and urinating frequently. What do you do next?

Tell the client that his sugar is normal and that he can go home

Let the client know he has a high sugar level and he should check with his primary care doctor about his insulin level.

Let Gigi or Rai know about the patient's blood sugar reading; he may need to be seen by a doctor today.

Clear selection

Submit

Clear form

This content is neither created nor endorsed by Google. Report Abuse - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy

Forms