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- Type of diabetes
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- I do not have diabetes
Hello All,
I need a bit of advice. I am a nurse from US working in Africa. I am trying to teach nurses how to deal with DM T1&2 and am running into some challenges. We have 2 types of insulin here-Actrapid (Regular) and NPH. Control is difficult because they do not always have food and what they do have is primarily carbs with very little protein.
So when we have a patient that has normal fasting blood sugar, say 80, the nurses do not want to give any insulin even if they have some food available. My understanding is that the insulin should be given in this circumstance. Am I missing something?
I need a bit of advice. I am a nurse from US working in Africa. I am trying to teach nurses how to deal with DM T1&2 and am running into some challenges. We have 2 types of insulin here-Actrapid (Regular) and NPH. Control is difficult because they do not always have food and what they do have is primarily carbs with very little protein.
So when we have a patient that has normal fasting blood sugar, say 80, the nurses do not want to give any insulin even if they have some food available. My understanding is that the insulin should be given in this circumstance. Am I missing something?