NURS 401
NURS 401 Exam 5 with Correct Answers 2026
What are some risk factors for diabetes mellitus?
Baby > 9 lbs, metabolic syndrome, or family history
What is a normal A1C, prediabetic A1C, diabetic A1C, and the goal A1C for
diabetics?
Below 5.6% is nomal
5.6-6.4% is prediabetic
6.5% or greater is diabetic
7-11% is a goal for diabetics
What is A1C?
The average blood sugar over 3 months
What is an oral glucose tolerance test?
Measuring the pancreas's response (insulin production) to increase blood glucose
by measuring the blood glucose levels before and after drinking a sugary drink.
Can also be done 2 hours after a meal.
How do you do a fasting blood glucose test?
measures pancrease response to measuring increased glucose by your blood
glucose level after you've fasted for at least 8 hours, typically overnight
What is a normal fasting blood glucose?
below 100
What is normal response to oral glucose tolerance test with type 1 and type 2?
Type 1 - no response from pancreas (blood sugar spikes and remains high)
Type 2 - insufficient/slow response (blood sugar spikes and slowly returns to
normal)
What are the normal, prediabetic, and diabetic results for a glucose tolerance test?
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Normal - below 140
Pre Diabetic - 140-199
Diabetic - 200 & above
What test is primarily used to diagnose prediabetes or diabetes and to check how
the patient has been controlling their blood glucose levels if they are diabetic?
A1C test
What are four ways to DX DM?
-Fasting glucose of more than 126 or higher
-AIC 6.5% or greater
-2hr postprandial BG of 200 or more
-A random BG of 200 (accucheck)
T/F: A nurse should promote exercise for a patient with diabetes and ketones in
their urines.
False, should not exercise with the presence of ketones in the urine
What are these risk factors for?
Mumps, rubella, Coxsackie B4
Toxic Chemicals
Cow's Milk
Cytotoxins
Chemotherapy
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
When is type 1 DM typically Dx?
typically before age 30, typically younger onset, but can occur at any time
T/F: Type 1 DM is dx at birth and cannot occur after you are 18.
False, type 1 can develop at any age
What are the clinical manifestations of type 1 DM?
Polydipsia
Polyuria
Polyphagia
NURS 401
NURS 401 Exam 5 with Correct Answers 2026
What are some risk factors for diabetes mellitus?
Baby > 9 lbs, metabolic syndrome, or family history
What is a normal A1C, prediabetic A1C, diabetic A1C, and the goal A1C for
diabetics?
Below 5.6% is nomal
5.6-6.4% is prediabetic
6.5% or greater is diabetic
7-11% is a goal for diabetics
What is A1C?
The average blood sugar over 3 months
What is an oral glucose tolerance test?
Measuring the pancreas's response (insulin production) to increase blood glucose
by measuring the blood glucose levels before and after drinking a sugary drink.
Can also be done 2 hours after a meal.
How do you do a fasting blood glucose test?
measures pancrease response to measuring increased glucose by your blood
glucose level after you've fasted for at least 8 hours, typically overnight
What is a normal fasting blood glucose?
below 100
What is normal response to oral glucose tolerance test with type 1 and type 2?
Type 1 - no response from pancreas (blood sugar spikes and remains high)
Type 2 - insufficient/slow response (blood sugar spikes and slowly returns to
normal)
What are the normal, prediabetic, and diabetic results for a glucose tolerance test?
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Normal - below 140
Pre Diabetic - 140-199
Diabetic - 200 & above
What test is primarily used to diagnose prediabetes or diabetes and to check how
the patient has been controlling their blood glucose levels if they are diabetic?
A1C test
What are four ways to DX DM?
-Fasting glucose of more than 126 or higher
-AIC 6.5% or greater
-2hr postprandial BG of 200 or more
-A random BG of 200 (accucheck)
T/F: A nurse should promote exercise for a patient with diabetes and ketones in
their urines.
False, should not exercise with the presence of ketones in the urine
What are these risk factors for?
Mumps, rubella, Coxsackie B4
Toxic Chemicals
Cow's Milk
Cytotoxins
Chemotherapy
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
When is type 1 DM typically Dx?
typically before age 30, typically younger onset, but can occur at any time
T/F: Type 1 DM is dx at birth and cannot occur after you are 18.
False, type 1 can develop at any age
What are the clinical manifestations of type 1 DM?
Polydipsia
Polyuria
Polyphagia
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