JL is a new nursing graduate and asks you questions about glucose monitoring in the inpatient setting. Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding providing diabetes care in the hospital setting?
- If a patient is experiencing morning hypoglycemia, reduce basal insulin.
- Nursing staff can use the patient’s CGM glucose results to determine insulin dose.
- Any patient admitted with a glucose of 140 mg/dl or greater, confirmed on two different occasions, needs to be started on insulin.
- Hospital point-of-care glucose meters are mostly as accurate as lab glucose results.
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