Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Exam Prep

Answer - B - Penelope, 42 years old, with a random plasma glucose above 200 mg/dL and symptoms of diabetes, meets the criteria for a diagnosis of diabetes. Other criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes are a fasting plasma glucose of 126 mg/dL or above on two occasions or a plasma glucose value equal to or above 200mg/dL in the 2-hour sample on a glucose tolerance test. A random plasma glucose of 140mg/dL or less is normoglycemic. A fasting plasma glucose of 110mg/dL to 125 mg/dL is considered impaired fasting plasma glucose (IPFG) and represents an increased risk for diabetes and a need for lifestyle changes to prevent the onset of diabetes.