Title: Identify interventions involved in the management of diabetes.
Course: Medication Aide (14051-36) > Section: Administering Insulin

Identification should include

- diet management
- exercise
- blood glucose monitoring
- medication
- oral
  - not insulin
  - encourages the pancreas to produce and utilize insulin better.
- insulin injections
  - types of insulin
  - one type or a mixture of two types of insulin
- non-insulin injections
  - MAs may not administer pursuant to 18VAC90-60-110(B)(5).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What foods should a diabetic limit?
- How does exercise affect insulin requirements?
- What is ketoacidosis?
- What is carbohydrate counting?