When performing an initial admission assessment on a patient with diabetes, a nurse checks the patient's blood glucose level. The nurse notes that the patient's blood glucose level is 280 mg/dL. The nurse recognizes this reading is consistent with

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A blood glucose level of 280 mg/dL is consistent with hyperglycemia, which is a common finding in patients with diabetes. Hypoglycemia would be a blood glucose level that is too low, typically less than 70 mg/dL. Diabetic coma may occur with severely high blood glucose levels, but a reading of 280 mg/dL alone would not indicate this. A normal blood glucose level is typically between 70-140 mg/dL, so 280 mg/dL is not a normal value.

When Performing an Initial Admission Assessment on a Patient with Diabetes