When Performing an Initial Admission Assessment on a Patient with Diabetes

question 44

Multiple Choice

When performing an initial admission assessment on a patient with diabetes, a nurse checks the patient's blood glucose level. The nurse notes that the patient's blood glucose level is 280 mg/dL. The nurse recognizes this reading is consistent with

• A) Hypoglycemia.
• B) Diabetic coma.
• C) Hyperglycemia.
• D) A normal value.

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Definitions:

Balance Surplus

An economic situation where the income or supply exceeds the expenditure or demand, leading to a surplus.

Balance Deficit

The economic condition where total expenditures exceed total revenues in a given period, often in reference to national budgets or trade balances.

Current Account Deficit

Occurs when a country's total imports of goods, services, and transfers are greater than its total exports, indicating that it is spending more on foreign trade than it is earning.

Capital Account Deficit

Occurs when a country's total payments from its capital account transactions exceed its total receipts.