Principles of Nutrition Paper

Principles of Nutrition Paper
5. Which statement indicates that the client understands the instruction about using a
vitamin supplement?
a. “USP on the label guarantees safety and effectiveness.”
b. “Natural vitamins are always better for you than synthetic vitamins.”
c. “Vitamins are best absorbed on an empty stomach.”
d. “Taking a multivitamin cannot make up for poor food choices.”
6. The client asks if taking supplements of beta-carotene will help reduce the risk of
cancer. Which of the following would be the nurse’s best response?
a. “Supplements of beta-carotene may help reduce the risk of heart disease but not of
cancer.”
b. “Supplements of beta-carotene have not been shown to lower the risk of cancer
and may even promote cancer in certain people.”
c. “Although evidence is preliminary, taking beta-carotene supplements is safe and
may prove to be effective against cancer in the future.”
d. “Natural supplements of beta-carotene are generally harmless; synthetic supplements of beta-carotene may increase cancer risk and should be avoided.”
7. A client is diagnosed with pernicious anemia. What vitamin is he not absorbing?
a. Folic acid
b. Vitamin B6
c. Vitamin B12
d. Niacin
8. A client with hyperlipidemia is the  prescribed niacin. The client asks if he can just include
more niacin-rich foods in his diet and forgo the need for niacin in pill form. Which of
the following would be the nurse’s best response?
a. “The dose of niacin needed to treat hyperlipidemia is far more than can be consumed through eating a niacin-rich diet.”
b. “You can’t get the therapeutic form of niacin through food.”
c. “Niacin from food is not as well absorbed as niacin from pills.”
d. “If you are able to consistently choose niacin-fortified foods in your diet, your
the doctor may allow you to forgo the pills and rely on dietary sour