The physician prescribes multivitamins for the client. The client asks the nurse why she needs vitamins. What will the best teaching plan by the nurse include?
1. Small amounts of vitamins are needed for health.
2. Vitamins will heal many illnesses.
3. Vitamins are inorganic compounds that are not stored in the body.
4. Your body cannot synthesize most vitamins.
5. Vitamins are needed for growth and maintenance of normal metabolic processes.
1,4,5
Rationale 1: Vitamins are organic compounds. They are needed for health.
Rationale 2: Vitamins are great nutritional support, but there are very few illnesses that vitamins will heal.
Rationale 3: Vitamins are organic compounds, but many are stored in the body.
Rationale 4: Only vitamin D can be synthesized.
Rationale 5: Vitamins are needed for growth and maintenance of normal metabolic processes.
Global Rationale: Vitamins are organic compounds. They are needed for health. Only vitamin D can be synthesized. Vitamins are needed for growth and maintenance of normal metabolic processes. Vitamins are great nutritional support, but there are very few illnesses that vitamins will heal. Vitamins are organic compounds, but many are stored in the body.
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