NR228 Edapt Vitamins, Antioxidants, and Minerals- Nursing Application questions with correct answers

Identify minerals and food source CORRECT ANSWER Iron is high in red meats, such as steak. Zinc is found in whole grain food, such as whole grain bread. Iodine is rich in seafood. Fluoride can be found in drinking water. Choose the vitamin that best completes CORRECT ANSWER Vitamin A supports healthy eyesight and immune system functions. Children with vitamin A deficiency face an increased risk of blindness. Vitamin D deficiency causes bone diseases, including rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Folate is essential in the earliest days of fetal growth for healthy development of the brain and spine. The other options do not apply. Antioxidants CORRECT ANSWER against, decrease, enhance, wellness, protect, oxidative stress Identify the vitamin that completes the sentence. CORRECT ANSWER Vitamin D and sufficient levels of calcium and phosphorus can prevent rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Older adults need more vitamin D from foods because their skin manufactures less. In excess, vitamin A may cause weakness, anorexia, vomiting, and an enlarged spleen and liver. Newborns have a decreased vitamin K level at birth, therefore receive an injection after delivery. The effectiveness of anticoagulant medications and other "blood-thinning" drugs can be decreased by high intakes of vitamin K from either foods or supplements. Clients taking sotretinoin (Accutane) and isotretinoin (oral forms) are at-risk of vitamin A toxicity as those medications contain vitamin A. Which vitamin has a therapeutic use to reverse the effects of warfarin? CORRECT ANSWER Vitamin K Identify the primary functions of sodium. Select all that apply. CORRECT ANSWER