The nurse providing care for a woman with gestational diabetes understands that a laboratory test for glycosylated hemoglobin Alc:
A) is now done for all pregnant women, not just those with or likely to have diabetes.
B) is a snapshot of glucose control at the moment.
C) would be considered evidence of good diabetes control with a result of 5% to 6%.
D) is done on the patient's urine, not her blood.
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