staff supervision in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as facilitating the delivery of high-quality patient care by others.
Glucose is mainly used by the body for short-term energy. Glucose is taken up by cells and converted to pyruvate in a multistep, multienzyme process called glycolysis. Glucose residues are also linked to serine and threonine amino acids of glycoproteins.lucose is a six-carbon molecule with multiple hydroxyl groups attached. Its most common form is a ringed pyranose structure, shown in the image.
The blood glucose test may be used to: 1  Detect high blood glucose (hyperglycemia) and low blood glucose (hypoglycemia). 2  Screen for diabetes in people who are at risk before signs and symptoms are apparent; in some cases, there may be no early signs or symptoms of diabetes.