Juvenile Diabetes Quiz

In Juvenile Diabetes, the pancreas......

• Still make insulin, but insulin doesn't do its job

• Doesn't make insulin anymore

• Makes more glucose than the body can handle

• No one is true

A young client is admitted for lethargy and weight loss. Which clinical manifestation supports the nurse suspicion of diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus? (Select all that apply)

• Glucosuria

• Weight gain

• Polyuria

• Fever

• Blurred vision

A mother sends a child to the hospital due to the frequent thirst and urination. Upon assessment, the nurse suspect the child has Juvenile Diabetes. Which question should the nurse ask to gain data to support this suspicion?

• "How is your appetite?"

• "Have you noticed any bruises on your legs?''

• "Do you play outside a lot?"

• "Have you been wetting the bed a lot lately?"

The nurse is teaching the parents of a child with a new diagnosis of Juvenile Diabetes. Which information should the nurse include regarding the pathophysiology of the disease?

• Beta cells need help producing insulin

• Delta cell destruction causes Diabetes Juvenile

• Hyperglycemia happens when 50% of alpha cells are damaged

• Beta cells are destroyed

Diabetic Ketoacidosis is the result of which pathologic process?

• An excess of amount of insulin drives all glucose into the cells

• A decreased amount of glucagon causes low protein levels

• A deficit of insulin causes fat stores to be used as an energy sources

• An increase occurs in the breakdown of glucose molecules with hypoglycemia