The nurse is taking a health history from a 29-year-old pregnant patient at the first prenatal visit.The patient reports no personal history of diabetes but has a parent who is diabetic.Which action will the nurse plan to take first?

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Patients at high risk for gestational diabetes should be screened for diabetes on the initial prenatal visit.An oral glucose tolerance test may also be used to check for diabetes,but it would be done before the twenty-fourth week.The other actions may also be needed (depending on whether the patient develops gestational diabetes),but they are not the first actions that the nurse should take.

The Nurse Is Taking a Health History from a 29-Year-Old