Drug: Metformin 1. Introduction of the medication (Case Study) A 54 year old male with obesity, and 6 year history poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Complains of polyuria, polydipsia, fatigue, blurred vision, and headaches. Recently admitted to the hospital for diabetic ketoacidosis. He would like to get control over his diabetes so this doesn't happen again. 2. Demonstrates knowledge of the content through a teaching presentation? Actions of the medication- Metformin decreases the production of
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required to inject themselves with an insulin pen everyday. Not following instructions that are presented on the label of the medication can lead to the individual to under dose, overdose or not taking the medication at all. Insulin is required to be taken 2-4 times a day either shortly before or after a meal. Family members or friends must have training on how to inject the insulin pen as incase the patient with the illness going into a severe "hypo" attack the nearest available person must inject insulin
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Kristen Holstege A Case of Diabetes Insipidus (modified) Case Presentation Morgan Richards is a 20-year-old junior in college. She is majoring in nursing and hopes someday to be a nurse practitioner. Beginning about a month ago, Morgan noticed that she was waking up once, sometimes twice a night, by the need to go to the bathroom. More recently, she has noticed that she needs to go to the bathroom during her day much more frequently than before, sometimes as often as once every hour. At first Morgan
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types of Diabetes Mellitus are prediabetes, Type I, Type II and gestational diabetes. Diagnosing type one, type two and prediabetes can be done by getting a glycated hemoglobin test (A1C test). This test checks the glucose blood levels for the past 2-3 months. Having an A1C level higher than 6.5 is an indication of diabetes. An A1C range between 5.7-6.4 indicates prediabetes and A1C levels of less than 5.7 is considered to be
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What is type 1 diabetes and how does it affect the human body? Type 1 diabetes is a disease that affects a person genetically by not producing the right amount of insulin to regulate the sugar in your blood. Diabetes can damage major organs of the human body such as the pancreas and the nervous system and even your skin. Fortunately, there are current treatments for living a healthy life with diabetes. When a person is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, it doesn’t only affect one part of your body,
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Meformin can lower the cholesterol levels in the blood and does not have the side effect of weight gain, which is common with other medications. Metformin, the generic name for the drug glucophage, is normally prescribed to individuals with type 2
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which in turn contributes to the reduction in avoidable emergency hospitalisation among patients with T2DM. Reference emphasised that this could result in significant reduction in financial cost to the NHS. Clinical studies suggest that specialist diabetes inpatient teams can reduce prescribing errors, improve patients’ outcomes, reduce length of stay, increase day case rates and reduce the number of admissions. This suggests the multifaceted role that the DSNs play in patient care. Bostrom et
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the sugar glucose. Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is caused when enough pancreases are not producing the insulin to keep the blood glucose level normal or when the insulin resistance produces the body is not able to use. About 90% of the adults have diabetes and 85% of children have diabetes. Normally the middle age or older people have diabetes, however now there are children with diabetes from the young age. The symptoms of type 2 diabetes may include an unexplained
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closed-loop insulin delivery, also known as an artificial pancreas, which isn’t yet available. Treatment for type 1 diabetes includes taking insulin, carbohydrate counting, blood sugar monitoring, eating healthy foods, and exercising regularly. To treat type 2 diabetes there are many pills you can take like metformin which improves how the body responds to insulin to reduce high blood sugars (Mayo Clinic). Treating both types of diabetes sometimes gets hard but to stay healthy following the treatment plan
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don’t take words from doctors to heart until we get a disease, then we regret not listening to our doctors. Too much sugar can lead to sicknesses in the body and brain, (like Hypoglycemia, Galactosemia, Hyperglycemia, or even Diabetes Mellitus Type 2). Hypoglycemia is a strange low level of blood sugar because the brain counts on blood sugar for energy and hypoglycemia can prevent the brain’s ability to work properly. Also, it
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