Diabetes Drugs & Nursing Know-How: Can You Ace This Quiz?

While reviewing lab results, a nurse notes that a client with typical diabetic symptoms had an eight-hour fasting plasma glucose test. According to the American Diabetes Association, which fasting glucose level combined with classic symptoms confirms a diabetes diagnosis?

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Correct Incorrect A diagnosis of diabetes is confirmed when fasting blood glucose levels are 126 mg/dL or higher.

While reviewing lab results, a nurse notes that a client with typical diabetic symptoms had an eight-hour fasting plasma glucose test. According to the American Diabetes Association, which fasting glucose level combined with classic symptoms confirms a diabetes diagnosis?

• Higher than 106 mg/dl
• Higher than 126 mg/dl
• Higher than 140 mg/dl
• Higher than 160 mg/dl