QMA INSULIN EVALUATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔what are 6 facts QMA must know about insulin storage - ✔✔1. do not keep in a hot
place 2. do not freeze 3. do not store in sunlight 4. never use expired insulin 5. discard
open vial after 28 days. 6. inspect insulin color, clarity, and crystals
✔✔why is it important to rotate insulin injection sites - ✔✔to prevent irritation, tissue
damage, hard painful lump can occur if insulin site isnt rotated
✔✔Common insulin injection sites - ✔✔abdomen, outer thighs, buttocks, back of arms
✔✔areas not to be injected - ✔✔joints, bones, middle of abdomen, groin area, navel
area, scar tissue
✔✔What is the route the physician will order for an insulin injection -
✔✔Subcutaneously Sub-q
✔✔subcutaneous layer - ✔✔between skin and muscle
✔✔Skin supposed to be piched at inject sight - ✔✔true
✔✔What angle do you insert needle - ✔✔45-90 degrees
✔✔Blood sugars need to be checked more frequently when sick - ✔✔true
✔✔drops 70 or lower glucagon needs to be administered QMA cannot administer
glucagon - ✔✔true
✔✔Carbohydrates - ✔✔the starches and sugars present in foods
✔✔Vommiting can lower blood sugar - ✔✔true
✔✔Glucagon - ✔✔A protein hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine cells that raises
blood glucose levels; an antagonistic hormone to insulin.
✔✔Thrush - ✔✔most common in diabetics
✔✔Islets of langherans - ✔✔cluster of cells
✔✔Pancreas - ✔✔Regulates the level of sugar in the blood , endocrine glands located
behind stomach, located upper abdomen
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔what are 6 facts QMA must know about insulin storage - ✔✔1. do not keep in a hot
place 2. do not freeze 3. do not store in sunlight 4. never use expired insulin 5. discard
open vial after 28 days. 6. inspect insulin color, clarity, and crystals
✔✔why is it important to rotate insulin injection sites - ✔✔to prevent irritation, tissue
damage, hard painful lump can occur if insulin site isnt rotated
✔✔Common insulin injection sites - ✔✔abdomen, outer thighs, buttocks, back of arms
✔✔areas not to be injected - ✔✔joints, bones, middle of abdomen, groin area, navel
area, scar tissue
✔✔What is the route the physician will order for an insulin injection -
✔✔Subcutaneously Sub-q
✔✔subcutaneous layer - ✔✔between skin and muscle
✔✔Skin supposed to be piched at inject sight - ✔✔true
✔✔What angle do you insert needle - ✔✔45-90 degrees
✔✔Blood sugars need to be checked more frequently when sick - ✔✔true
✔✔drops 70 or lower glucagon needs to be administered QMA cannot administer
glucagon - ✔✔true
✔✔Carbohydrates - ✔✔the starches and sugars present in foods
✔✔Vommiting can lower blood sugar - ✔✔true
✔✔Glucagon - ✔✔A protein hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine cells that raises
blood glucose levels; an antagonistic hormone to insulin.
✔✔Thrush - ✔✔most common in diabetics
✔✔Islets of langherans - ✔✔cluster of cells
✔✔Pancreas - ✔✔Regulates the level of sugar in the blood , endocrine glands located
behind stomach, located upper abdomen
