A pregnant client confides to the nurse that she is eating laundry starch daily. The nurse should assess the client for:
1. Alopecia.
2. Weight loss.
3. Iron-deficiency anemia.
4. Fecal impaction.
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1. The ingestion of non-nutritive food sources is called pica. The clients might show lack of hair luster, but they do not experience alopecia.
2. The ingestion of non-nutritive food sources is called pica. These clients typically do not lose weight because they have been participating in this lifestyle prior to pregnancy.
3. The ingestion of non-nutritive food sources is called pica. Eating these non-nutritive substances has been found to interfere with the absorption of iron.
4. The ingestion of non-nutritive food sources is called pica. The clients might experience more constipation than do non-pica clients; however, they do not become impacted.
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