The nurse is providing nutrition counseling for a patient planning pregnancy. The nurse should emphasize the importance of consuming which nutrient to prevent neural tube defects?

1) Folic acid
2) Calcium
3) Protein
4) Vitamin D


ANS: 1

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The brother of a terminally ill patient states, "I'll donate a million dollars to the hospital if they cure my brother." The nurse realizes this statement indicates which phase of Kübler-Ross's stages of loss?

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