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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Loss

The negative result from operations or other transactions when costs and expenses exceed revenues.

Unit Product Cost

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Total Contribution Margin

The difference between total sales revenue and total variable costs.