Diabetes & Insulin Administration
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
4.9 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Erik has a history of uncontrolled diabetes and has been non-compliant with the administration of his insulin medication. Upon examination, the patient has severe scarring in the right lower abdominal area from repeated injections. Which of the following is the BEST rationale for avoiding repeated injections:
A. Hypoglycemia is likely to occur increasing the risk for falls
B. Hyperglycemia is likely to occur leading to seizures and convulsions
C. Metabolic acidosis can occur leading to organ failure
D. Hypoglycemia can occur leading to extreme thirst and frequent urination
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| 0:00.0 | One of the rules that we have for those patients, like when they're trained at the doctor's office about injecting themselves, they're often trained not to inject the same area. |
| 0:11.4 | Why? |
| 0:12.2 | I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapist and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide. |
| 0:20.3 | It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence. test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide. |
| 0:20.8 | It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear |
| 0:25.7 | of failing the NPTE. |
| 0:27.8 | Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn. |
| 0:33.0 | And you'll see the life I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that |
| 0:38.7 | allows me to change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to |
| 0:44.8 | give you simple, actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based |
| 0:51.1 | questions, all of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did |
| 0:55.8 | and achieve your dream. |
| 0:57.3 | So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the MPTE and start creating a life |
| 1:02.4 | you love, you're in the right place. |
| 1:05.0 | Enjoy the show. |
| 1:06.5 | For this week's clinical file, we have Eric and Eric has a history of uncontrolled diabetes and has been |
| 1:15.1 | non-compliant with the administration of his insulin medication upon examination the patient has |
| 1:23.2 | severe scarring in the right lower abdominal area from repeated injections. Which of the following |
| 1:30.9 | is the best rationale for avoiding repeated injections? All right. So we got our answer choices. |
| 1:38.2 | We have A, hypoglycemia is likely to occur increasing the risk for false. B, hyperglycemia is likely to occur increasing the risk for false. |
| 1:44.9 | B. Hyperglycemia is likely to occur leading to seizures and convulsions. |
| 1:52.4 | C. metabolic acidosis can occur leading to organ failure. |
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