When monitoring a patient's response to oral antidiabetic drugs, the nurse knows that which laboratory result would indicate a therapeutic response?
a. Random blood glucose level 180 mg/dL
b. Blood glucose level of 50 mg/dL after meals
c. Fasting blood glucose level between 92 mg/dL
d. Evening blood glucose level below 80 mg/dL
ANS: C
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