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crobinson2013 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse is counseling a young woman who is planning her pregnancy. She asks if there is anything she might do to help prevent birth defects in her unborn child. Which would be an appropriate response to the patient?

a. There is no way you can prevent a natural condition.
b. Birth defects only happen occasionally to some people.
c. Eating a diet rich in iron may prevent or stop birth defects.
d. Taking multivitamins with folic acid will help prevent birth defects.

Question 2

Which supplement should the nurse recommend 0.4 mg per day of to help prevent fetal neural tube defects in a woman of childbearing age?

a. Vitamin B6
b. Calcium
c. Iron
d. Folic acid

Melissahxx · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
There is now a great deal of scientific data that support eating foods high in folic acid or taking a multivitamin with folic acid to protect against certain birth defects.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The U.S. Public Health Service has issued an official recommendation that all women of childbearing age in the United States who are capable of becoming pregnant should consume 0.4 mg of folic acid per day for the purpose of reducing their risk of having a pregnancy affected with spina bifida or other neural tube defects.