The nurse is aware that patients with chronic alterations in kidney function have insufficient amounts of which of the following vitamins?
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin D
c. Vitamin E
d. Vitamin K
B
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A Patients with chronic alterations in kidney function do not suffer from an insufficient amount of vitamin A.
B The kidneys play a role in calcium and phosphate regulation by producing a substance that converts vitamin D into its active form. Patients with chronic alterations in kidney function do not make sufficient amounts of the active vitamin D.
C Patients with chronic alterations in kidney function do not suffer from an insufficient amount of vitamin E.
D Patients with chronic alterations in kidney function do not suffer from an insufficient amount of vitamin K.
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