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3.4 What's different for bolus insulin

Learning Check

1. You need meal bolus insulin:

 
 

Correct!Meal bolus insulin covers the carbohydrate you eat. Basal insulin works with the sugar the liver makes.

The correct answer is B.

2. True or false? Insulin pumps can calculate and suggest meal and correction insulin doses. But you need to decide if the suggested dose is right for you.

 
 

Correct!

The correct answer is TRUE.

3. True or false? Meal bolus insulin from the pump can be different because you can program the pump to give it over a certain time, instead of all at once.

 
 

Correct!

The correct answer is TRUE.​​