Nutrition (ch. 6)

Beta-carotene is provitamin

A

Which of the following is the correct medical term for vitamin C?

Ascorbic acid

Ms.H is reluctant to take vitamin supplements and states that acidic foods upset her stomach. Which of the following foods could could the nurse suggest as good sources of vitamin C?

Broccoli, peppers and kiwi

A person at high risk of vitamin D efficiency does not drink milk and

Does not go outside

Which of the following vitamins provides an important pulmonary barrier against air pollution?

E

Which of the following are the best sources of preformed vitamin A?

Egg yolk and fortified milk

Is the following statement true or false? •A CNS-type symptom which is a staggering gate is called diplopia.

False

Is the following statement true or false? •The juice from limes was used during the Napoleonic War to cure Ricketts

False

Is the following statement true or false? •Vitamin C is absorbed from the large intestine

False

Is the following statement true or false? •Vitamin C is essential for the synthesis of the component of connective tissue which resembles a biologic scaffolding called epithelial tissue.

False

Which of the following has the highest kilocaloric density?

Fat

Energy contain in food and used in the body is measured in

Kilocalories

Milk is fortified with vitamin D, which of the following statements is true?

Milk normally does not contain the vitamin

Which of the following is associated with vitamin D deficiency?

Osteomalacia

After teaching a client about nutrition and vitamins, the nurse determines that the teaching was effective when the client identifies which of the following fat soluble vitamins as antioxidants?

Provitamin A and E

Which of the following foods would a nurse recommend as the best sources of vitamin K?

Spinach, broccoli and Brussels sprouts

Is the following statement true or false? •The pharmacologic form of vitamin K is phytonadione?

True

Is the following statement true or false? •Several of the water soluble vitamins are excreted from the body by the renal system

True

Is the following statement true or false? •The antioxidant vitamin which is most unstable in certain environmental conditions is vitamin C

True

Is the following statement true or false? •Vitamin C enhances the absorption of iron

True

Is the following statement true or false? •Vitamin K2 is the vitamin K that is produced by intestinal bacteria

True

Which of the following is a fat-soluble vitamin?

Vitamin D

The antidote for Coumadin to toxicity is

Vitamin K

Fatalities have been associated with toxicity from:

Vitamins A and D

The deficiency disease associated with vitamin C is

scurvy