NR 222 Health And Wellness Chapter 07 _ Vitamins Exam.(with answers)

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1. A patient is admitted to the hospital with confusion, memory loss, and ataxia. What other information would lead you to suspect that his symptoms may be caused by secondary thiamin deciency? a. T... he patient has very limited funds and has been eating mainly rice and beans. b. The patient admits that he struggles with alcoholism. c. The patient is recovering from a minor stroke. d. The patient has a family history of Alzheimer’s disease. ANS: B Alcoholism may be associated with a secondary thiamin deciency because the liver needs increased amounts of thiamin to detoxify alcohol. Limited food intake may cause primary deciency (although legumes are a good source of thiamin, and so primary deciency is unlikely). Strokes and Alzheimer’s disease may cause confusion, memory loss, and ataxia, but not in relation to a secondary vitamin deciency. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing REF: Page 107 | Pages 111-112 | Page 119 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Physiological integrity 4/22/2020 Chapter 07: Vitamins | Nursing Test Banks https://boostgrade.info/chapter-07-vitamins/ 2/18 2. An example of someone who has a relatively high risk for vitamin deciencies is a(n) a. 45-year-old half marathon runner. b. 85-year-old man living independently. c. college-age woman living with roommates. d. breastfed newborn. ANS: B Subgroups of the population at risk for vitamin deciencies include older adults because of decreased vitamin absorption and limited physical and economic resources to purchase and prepare food. Active middle-aged adults and college students usually consume enough food to ensure adequate vitamin intake. Vitamin deciencies are rare among breastfed newborns. DIF:Cognitive Level: ApplyingREF:Page 106 | Page 124 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Health promotion and maintenance 3. Deciencies are likely to develop most rapidly with low intake of vitamin a. A. b. C. c. D. d. E. ANS: B Vitamin C is water soluble; vitamins A, D, and E are fat soluble. Deciencies of water-soluble vitamins develop more rapidly because they are not stored in the body. [Show More]

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