Question

A 45-year-old female client on the inpatient unit has just resumed eating a normal diet. the nurse checks a blood sugar with her morning labs and the result is 5.5 mmol/l. how would the nurse interpret this blood glucose?

Answer 1

Taking a measure of someones blood glucose level before they eat in the morning is a measure of fasting blood glucose. A normal measure of fasting blood glucose is 3.8 to 5.5 mmol. If the value were higher, say 5.8 mmol then the patient would be described as being pre-diabetic. Since the value is the highest in the range of being normal she should be monitored for pre- diabetes.  

Answer 2

Answer;

Normal blood glucose.

The nurse would interpret this blood glucose as normal.

Explanation;

-Normal blood glucose is 80 to 110 mg/dL (4 to 7 mmol/L). For the many healthy individuals, normal blood sugar levels are as follows: Between 4.0 to 5.4 mmol/L (72 to 99 mg/dL) when fasting. Up to 7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL) 2 hours after eating.