The nurse is assessing a client for diabetes at a clinic who has a fasting plasma glucose level of 6.7 mmol/L. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the plan of care?

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The client's impaired fasting glucose indicates prediabetes and the client should be counselled about lifestyle changes to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes. The client with prediabetes does not require insulin or the oral hypoglycemics for glucose control and does not need to self-monitor blood glucose.

The Nurse Is Assessing a Client for Diabetes at a Clinic