Table 1 Percentage of correct responses to individual questions according to group

Which answer choice contains only basal insulin?

60

92

85

84

0.84

Which answer choice contains only bolus insulin?

66

85

84

83

1

What is the difference between prandial insulin and correction insulin?

68

89

92

94

0.76

What is the difference between basal insulin and bolus insulin?

83

87

87

88

0.82

When a patient is made NPO, which type of insulin order should always be held?

58

91

80

80

1

For a patient with Type 1 Diabetes, which type of insulin order should never be completely held?

66

98

88

81

0.29

Upon admitting a patient with Type 2 Diabetes to a general care unit, what is the appropriate initial strategy for oral anti-diabetes medications?

49

94

72

51

0.01

What is the approximate duration of action of regular insulin?

25

30

24

36

0.1

What is the approximate duration of action of insulin aspart/Novo log and lispro/Humalog?

13

23

28

24

0.6

What is the approximate duration of action of insulin glargine/Lantus?

55

89

65

65

1

What is the approximate duration of action of NPH insulin?

51

42

40

32

0.34

As a starting point, which range of calculations can you use to estimate insulin total daily dose (TDD) for a patient with diabetes?

47

92

52

39

0.09

As a starting point, how should total daily dose (TDD) of insulin be divided?

60

83

59

59

1

What is 70/30 insulin?

51

60

47

56

0.23

Systemic steroids impact all blood sugars the greatest impact is on which?

15

81

12

4

0.08

Overall

51

76

61

58

0.3