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Small Intestine and Its Functions

Patient was educated on small intestines and its functions as follows: The small intestine is a length of smooth muscle that connects stomach and large intestine. Small intestine has 3 parts in it Duodenum Jejunum Ileum Food that is chewed and swallowed enters the stomach and is acted upon by stomach enzymes and acid and is partially digested. Partially digested food from the stomach enters the small intestine. Bile and pancreatic secretions enter the small [...]

Nurse Teaching on Administration and Side Effects of Rapid Acting Insulins

Patient was educated on administration and side effects of rapid acting insulins as follows: These rapid acting insulins are administered as subcutaneously shots and they provide faster relief for changes in your blood sugar. Because these drugs lower the blood sugars very fast, one should always check their blood sugars before taking these insulins. This is just to avoid hypoglycemic attacks, should the blood sugars be already low and taking these insulins can get the [...]

Rapid Acting Insulins

Patient was educated on rapid acting insulins as follows: This insulin begins to work in about 15 minutes after the shot was administered, peaks in about 1 hour, and continues to work for a duration of 2 to 4 hours. Examples of rapid acting insulins include Apidra, Humalog and Novolog. Humalog and Novolog are two diabetes medications. Humalog is the brand-name version of insulin Lispro, and Novolog is the brand-name version of insulin Aspart. These drugs both help [...]

Nurse Teaching on Administration and Side Effects of Long Acting Insulins

Patient was educated on the administration and side effects of long acting insulins as follows: Inject long acting insulin at the same time every day, to avoid lags in insulin coverage or stacking up the doses of insulin too close. Hypoglycemia happens to be the most common side-effect with this medication. The risk for this complication multiplies with the patient not being compliant with the time of administration and stacking up the dose of insulin [...]

Long Acting Insulins

Patient was educated on long acting insulins as follows: Long acting insulingenerally reaches the bloodstream in several hours after the shot was administered and tends to lower glucose levels evenly over a 24-hour period. Examples of long acting insulins include, Insulin Detemir (Levemir) and Insulin Glargine (Lantus), Insulin Glargine (Toujeo), and Insulin Degludec (Tresiba). All these products differ in chemical compositions and so, they differ with the duration of their actions. Longest acting is, Insulin [...]