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cookcarl

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The client asks the nurse why she should be taking folic acid while she is pregnant. The best response from the nurse is that folic acid deficiency in the first trimester of pregnancy:
 
  a. can affect the brain development.
  b. may cause spinal cord dysfunctions.
  c. may cause cardiac anomalies.
  d. can cause gastrointestinal abnormalities.

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A client is taking in a larger quantity of a vitamin than is needed by the body. Which vitamin can the nurse expect to see in laboratory results as having been excreted in the client's urine?
 
  a. A
  b. D
  c. C
  d. E


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JYan

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Preconceptual and prenatal folic acid deficiency has been associated with neural tube defects in the fetus.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
As a water-soluble vitamin, vitamin C is excreted in the urine and does not accumulate.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
:D TYSM

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