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Chapter 7: Minerals
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Chapter 7: Minerals

Nutrition And Diet Therapy- 6th Edition by Carroll A. Lutz and Erin E. Mazur

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Chapter 7: Minerals

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

  1. Minerals are similar to vitamins in that both:
  2. Provide no energy
  3. Are organic substances
  4. Become part of the structure of the body
  5. Enter into chemical reactions in the body

 

Ans: 1

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1. Minerals, like vitamins, help to regulate bodily functions without providing energy.
2. Minerals are inorganic substances; vitamins are not.
3. Minerals become part of the body’s composition; vitamins do not.
4. Unlike vitamins, minerals pay a role in chemical reactions in the body.

KEY: Integrated Process: Nursing Process | Client Need: Physiological Integrity: Basic Care and Comfort | Cognitive Level: Comprehension

 

 

 

  1. A client tells the nurse that she doesn’t want to change her diet to combat her iron deficiency anemia. “Just let me take the pills,” she says. Which of the following replies by the nurse has the best scientific support?
  2. “Just be sure to take the pills with food to minimize any diarrhea.”
  3. “Adding iron rich foods to your diet will provide other nutrients in addition to iron.”
  4. “Whatever is easiest for you is fine.”
  5. “Be sure to include two cups of milk in your diet every day.”

 

Ans: 2

  Feedback
1. Oral iron is best absorbed when taken on an empty stomach.
2. The intake of iron-rich foods provides not only iron but other nutrients as well, promoting a healthier diet.
3. Although it may be easiest for the client to take oral iron, it would not necessarily provide the client with the best nutritional status. The client may falsely believe that the oral iron will provide an overall healthy nutritional state.
4. Adding milk to the diet would interfere with the absorption of the oral iron.

KEY: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation | Client Need: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential | Cognitive Level: Application

 

 

 

  1. Iron is best absorbed from which of the following sources?
  2. Dark green vegetables and legumes
  3. Red meat and oysters
  4. Whole-grain products
  5. Pharmaceutical supplements

 

Ans: 2

  Feedback
1. Although dark green leafy cooked vegetables are good sources of iron, legumes are good sources of copper.
2. Red meat and oysters are excellent sources of iron.
3. Whole grain products are good sources of chromium and manganese.
4. Foods, not pharmaceutical supplements, provide better nutritional intake of iron because they provide additional nutrients.

KEY: Integrated Process: Nursing Process | Client Need: Physiological Integrity: Basic Care and Comfort | Cognitive Level: Comprehension

 

 

 

  1. Which of the following would a nurse identify as a trace mineral?
  2. Calcium
  3. Potassium
  4. Sulfur
  5. Fluoride

 

Ans: 4

  Feedback
1. Calcium is a major mineral.
2. Potassium is a major mineral.
3. Sulfur is a major mineral.
4. Fluoride is a trace mineral.

KEY: Integrated Process: Nursing Process | Client Need: Physiological Integrity: Basic Care and Comfort | Cognitive Level: Knowledge

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