NURS 3102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, Hypoglycemia, Sulfonylurea
19 Jan 2017
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Therapeutic goal is to normalize insulin activity and bg levels to the development of vascular and neuropathic complications. The therapeutic goal for diabetes management is to achieve euglycemia without hypoglycemia and without seriously disrupting the patient"s usual lifestyle and activity. The most important objective in dietary and nutritional management is control of total caloric intake to attain or maintain a reasonable body weight and control of. Exercise is extremely important in managing diabetes because of its effect on . Exercise bg levels by uptake of glucose by body muscles and improving insulin utilization. **precautions: patients who have bg levels >14mmol/l and who have ketones in their urine should not begin exercising until the urine test is negative and the bg levels are within normal. Exercising with (cid:313) bg levels (cid:313) the secretion of glucagon, growth hormone, and catecholamines (cid:314) which promotes the liver to produce (cid:313) glucose, and the result in an (cid:313) in bg levels ((cid:313) risk of hyperglycemia)
