Difference between hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia.

What is the difference between hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia? What clinical findings are you expected to see for both? (Signs and symptoms, blood sugars)

2. What is the difference between type one and type two diabetes? How would a patient present?

3. Why might it be difficult for an adolescent to be diagnosed with diabetes? Who is responsible for ensuring medication and nutrition are being adhered to?

4. What are three nursing diagnoses for an adolescent being diagnosed with Type one diabetes. Based on the nursing diagnoses you select, what are three nursing interventions?

5. An adolescent is trying to lose weight and skips taking their insulin as a means of doing so. Explain from a pathophysiological perspective what is occurring in the body and what is the risk of doing this.

6. If An adolescent is resistant to the diagnosis of type one diabetes, what do you do? What are some health teachings that are needed? Who can you involve?

7. How is wound healing for those with diabetes? If poor or well, why? Please explain from a pathological perspective and be able to simply the language to explain to an adolescent and parent.

8. What is sliding scale? How do you explain this to an adolescent as well as parent?

9. What is ondansetron? What is the classification? Why might it be used for a diabetic patient?

10. What is DKA? What type of insulin would be needed for a patient with high blood glucose?