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The nurse is observing a client obtain a capillary blood specimen for glucose and notes that the client actively squeezes the finger after piercing it with a lancet and then places a drop of blood on the test strip. The meter shows the blood glucose as 126 mg/dl. How does the nurse interpret these results?

▸ The blood sugar is within normal limits for a client with diabetes mellitus.

▸ The blood sugar result may be incorrect. The milking of the finger caused the test to read lower than it should.

▸ The client should be treated for hypoglycemia because the milking of the finger caused the test to read higher than it should.

▸ The client should be instructed to apply pressure to the fingertip when obtaining a capillary blood glucose instead of squeezing the finger.

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