QMA INSULIN ACTUAL 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔polydipsia - ✔✔Frequent /unusual thirst
✔✔polyURIa - ✔✔excessive URInation
✔✔polypHagia - ✔✔Frequent/ extreme Hunger
✔✔The most common, chronic childhood disease. All people with _________require
insulin as their pancreas does not produce any of the hormone. Most
_________diabetics are diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood. - ✔✔type 1
✔✔This form of diabetes produces insulin, but the body does not use it effectively. This
is also known as insulin resistance - ✔✔type 2
✔✔Frequent /unusual thirst (polydipsia)
Frequent urination (polyuria)
Frequent/ extreme hunger (polyphagia)
Unusual weight loss
Blurred vision
Fruity odor to breath
Extreme fatigue
Irritability - ✔✔Signs & Symptoms of Hyperglycemia - high levels of glucose
✔✔In an effort to pull itself out of the hypoglycemic state, the endocrine system will
release _________________________________________hormone. - ✔✔epinephrine
(adrenaline), the "fight-or-flight"
✔✔If blood glucose stays low for too long, starving the brain of glucose, it may lead to
____________________________________ - ✔✔seizures, coma, and death.
✔✔Jittery
anxious
irritable
Sweating
chills
Skin pale
cold
clammy
Confusion
Tachycardia - fast heart rate
Dizziness
Nausea
, Fatigue
weakness
Blurred vision
Headache - ✔✔Signs & Symptoms of Hypoglycemia - low levels of glucose
✔✔It is often used in the morning or at bedtime to help control the blood glucose
throughout the day. - ✔✔Long-acting
✔✔It is often used in the morning or at bedtime to help control blood glucose between
meals. - ✔✔Intermediate acting
✔✔It should be taken 30-45 minutes prior to eating. It is mostly gone from the body after
a few hours. - ✔✔Regular (short-acting)
✔✔it should be taken just before or just after eating. It is mostly gone from the body
after a few hours. - ✔✔Rapid-acting
✔✔Hemoglobin A (HbA) or HbA1C NORMAL RANGE - ✔✔Normal 3.8-6.4%
✔✔Normal blood glucose level - ✔✔70-110 mg/dL
✔✔The QMA cannot apply, remove or change the Sensor TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔can a QMA give U500? - ✔✔NO!
✔✔Rights of Medication Administration - ✔✔Rights of Medication Administration:
Right Drug
Right Resident
Right Amount /Dose
Right Route
Right Time
Right Documentation-the Sixth Right
✔✔Humulin R, Novolin R - ✔✔Regular insulin
✔✔Lantus, Levemir - ✔✔Long acting insulin
✔✔Humulin N, Novolin NPH - ✔✔intermediate acting insulin
✔✔Humulin N Novolin N cloudy or clear? - ✔✔CLOUDY
✔✔Most common injection sites are the ? - ✔✔abdomen, outer thighs, back of arms
and buttock
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔polydipsia - ✔✔Frequent /unusual thirst
✔✔polyURIa - ✔✔excessive URInation
✔✔polypHagia - ✔✔Frequent/ extreme Hunger
✔✔The most common, chronic childhood disease. All people with _________require
insulin as their pancreas does not produce any of the hormone. Most
_________diabetics are diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood. - ✔✔type 1
✔✔This form of diabetes produces insulin, but the body does not use it effectively. This
is also known as insulin resistance - ✔✔type 2
✔✔Frequent /unusual thirst (polydipsia)
Frequent urination (polyuria)
Frequent/ extreme hunger (polyphagia)
Unusual weight loss
Blurred vision
Fruity odor to breath
Extreme fatigue
Irritability - ✔✔Signs & Symptoms of Hyperglycemia - high levels of glucose
✔✔In an effort to pull itself out of the hypoglycemic state, the endocrine system will
release _________________________________________hormone. - ✔✔epinephrine
(adrenaline), the "fight-or-flight"
✔✔If blood glucose stays low for too long, starving the brain of glucose, it may lead to
____________________________________ - ✔✔seizures, coma, and death.
✔✔Jittery
anxious
irritable
Sweating
chills
Skin pale
cold
clammy
Confusion
Tachycardia - fast heart rate
Dizziness
Nausea
, Fatigue
weakness
Blurred vision
Headache - ✔✔Signs & Symptoms of Hypoglycemia - low levels of glucose
✔✔It is often used in the morning or at bedtime to help control the blood glucose
throughout the day. - ✔✔Long-acting
✔✔It is often used in the morning or at bedtime to help control blood glucose between
meals. - ✔✔Intermediate acting
✔✔It should be taken 30-45 minutes prior to eating. It is mostly gone from the body after
a few hours. - ✔✔Regular (short-acting)
✔✔it should be taken just before or just after eating. It is mostly gone from the body
after a few hours. - ✔✔Rapid-acting
✔✔Hemoglobin A (HbA) or HbA1C NORMAL RANGE - ✔✔Normal 3.8-6.4%
✔✔Normal blood glucose level - ✔✔70-110 mg/dL
✔✔The QMA cannot apply, remove or change the Sensor TRUE OR FALSE - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔can a QMA give U500? - ✔✔NO!
✔✔Rights of Medication Administration - ✔✔Rights of Medication Administration:
Right Drug
Right Resident
Right Amount /Dose
Right Route
Right Time
Right Documentation-the Sixth Right
✔✔Humulin R, Novolin R - ✔✔Regular insulin
✔✔Lantus, Levemir - ✔✔Long acting insulin
✔✔Humulin N, Novolin NPH - ✔✔intermediate acting insulin
✔✔Humulin N Novolin N cloudy or clear? - ✔✔CLOUDY
✔✔Most common injection sites are the ? - ✔✔abdomen, outer thighs, back of arms
and buttock
