NCLEX-RN · Question #725
The nurse is collecting a nutritional history on a 28- year-old female client with iron-deficiency anemia and learns that the client likes to eat white chalk. When implementing a teaching plan, the…
The correct answer is C. Interferes with iron absorption because the iron precipitates as an insoluble substance. (A) Eating chalk is not related to calcium and its absorption. (B) Poor nutritional habits may result in increased discomfort during premenstrual days, but this is not a primary reason for the client to stopeating chalk. Premenstrual discomfort has not been (C) Iron is rendered…
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The nurse is collecting a nutritional history on a 28- year-old female client with iron-deficiency anemia and learns that the client likes to eat white chalk. When implementing a teaching plan, the nurse should explain that this practice:
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- AWill bind calcium and therefore interfere with its metabolism
- BWill cause more premenstrual cramping
- CInterferes with iron absorption because the iron precipitates as an insoluble substance
- DCauses competition at iron-receptor sites between iron and vitamin B1
How the community answered
(58 responses)- A7% (4)
- B5% (3)
- C84% (49)
- D3% (2)
Explanation
(A) Eating chalk is not related to calcium and its absorption. (B) Poor nutritional habits may result in increased discomfort during premenstrual days, but this is not a primary reason for the client to stopeating chalk. Premenstrual discomfort has not been (C) Iron is rendered insoluble and is excreted through the gastrointestinal tract. (D) There is no competition between the two nutrients.
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