A pregnant patient who has no personal history of diabetes, but does have a parent who is diabetic is scheduled for the first prenatal visit. Which action will the nurse plan to take on this initial visit?

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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 also may be used to check for diabetes, but it would be done before the twenty fourth week. The other actions also may be needed (depending on whether the patient develops gestational diabetes), but they are not the first actions that the nurse should take.

A Pregnant Patient Who Has No Personal History of Diabetes