Diabetes Induction Pre and Post Quiz

1. Your student has a dexcom CGM sensor and comes to you five minutes before lunch reporting they bumped their arm and the cannula came out. You do not know their blood sugar. As a nurse trained on diabetes care, you:

• 1. Call parent for immediate pick up from school, do not allow student to eat.

• 1. Alert parents, dispose of sensor, use fingerstick number for lunch dosing. Use fingersticks until the sensor is replaced by parent.  

• 1. Alert parents, replace sensor assuming you are trained to do so, use fingerstick number for lunch dosing. Use sensor readings once they become available. 

• 1. Alert parents, replace sensor assuming you are trained to do so, use sensor readings for lunch dosing. 

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

A student has an insulin pump, when do they receive their Lantus/long acting insulin?

• First thing every morning

• Right before bed

• Small boluses throughout the day

• They do not use long acting insulin

Which items are needed for an overnight field trip for a student with Continuous Glucose Monitoring and an insulin pump (may have more than 1 answer):

• finger stick device

•  insulin vial and needles

• glucagon

• fast acting sugar that student uses for middle of the night lows

A teacher reports they are not yet comfortable with handling the student’s diabetes care alone for the field trip next week. List all options to ensure the student’s legal rights (may have more than 1 answer):

• Cancel the field trip for the class

• Request that the student’s parent go on the field trip

• Find a willing delegatee

• Offer additional training and delegation to the teacher

Which item is not a part of a CGM’s equipment?

• Transmitter

•  Lancet

• 1. Sensor

• Receiver