The nurse is aware that clients with chronic alterations in kidney function suffer from insufficient amounts of:
1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin D
3. Vitamin E
4. Vitamin K
ANS: 2
The kidneys play a role in calcium and phosphate regulation by producing a substance that con-verts vitamin D into its active form. Clients with chronic alterations in kidney function do not make sufficient amounts of the active vitamin D. Clients with chronic alterations in kidney func-tion do not suffer from an insufficient amount of vitamin A, vitamin E, or vitamin K.
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