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acc299

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The nurse providing care for a woman with gestational diabetes understands that a labor-atory test for glycosylated hemoglobin Alc:
 
  a. Is now done for all pregnant women, not just those with or likely to have di-abetes.
  b. Is a snapshot of glucose control at the moment.
  c. Would be considered evidence of good diabetes control with a result of 2.5 to 5.9.
  d. Is done on the patient's urine, not her blood.

Question 2

A woman is aware that she is the carrier of a sex-linked recessive disease (hemophilia A); her husband is free of the disease. What frequency of this disease could she expect to see in her children?
 
  A) All male children will inherit it.
  B) All female children will be carriers like she is.
  C) One-half of her male children will inherit the disease.
  D) One-half of her female children will inherit the disease.



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Answer to Question 1

C

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A This is an extra test for diabetic women.
B This test defines glycemic control over the previous 4 to 6 weeks.
C A score of 2.5 to 5.9 indicates good control; 6 to 8 would be fair; over 8 is poor.
D Glycosylated hemoglobin level tests are done on the blood.

Answer to Question 2

C



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