Question

A nurse performs a bedside glucose test on a newborn infant whose mother has diabetes mellitus and obtains a reading of (2.164 mmol/L)35 mg/dL. The nurse would take which action first?

Answer 1

Answer:

Ask the laboratory to perform a blood glucose test immediately

Explanation:

In an newborn, the level of blood glucose is normally 40 mg/dL or sometimes higher than that. Glucose level which is less than 40 mg/dL to 45 mg/dL that is measured with the bedside glucose screening is to be reported and to be verified in the laboratory.

Although sometimes feeding is only an intervention, result of the bedside glucose should be verified at the laboratory. Some of the infants need a IV glucose so as to maintain the glucose balance and to prevent the damage to their brain.