Exam 2: NUR1172 / NUR 1172
(Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Nutritional Principles in Nursing | Review Guide Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Rasmussen
Question:
What is a vitamin?
Answer:
organic dietary substance that is not energy producing
Question:
Vitamins are needed in very ____ quantities to produce metabolic function (energy)
Answer:
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Question:
Vitamins cannot be synthesized by the ____, must be supplied by food
Answer:
body
Question:
Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Answer:
A, D, E, K
Question:
Vitamin A
Answer:
also known as retinal or retinol as it has it's greatest effect on the eye in adapting to changes in light
Question:
Vitamin D
Answer:
- Breast fed infants lack this vitamin and need supplementation
- Associated with calcium and helps build bone
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