A patient who is agoraphobic is diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency. What would be an appropriate recommendation by the nurse?
A) Spend time outdoors
B) Start a garden
C) Sit under an ultraviolet light each day
D) Buy a sunlamp
Ans: C
Feedback: Skin exposed to ultraviolet light can convert substances necessary for synthesizing vitamin D (cholecalciferol). Vitamin D is essential for preventing osteoporosis and rickets, a condition that causes bone deformities and results from a deficiency of vitamin D, calcium, and phosphorus. Options A and B are incorrect as an agoraphobic patient most probably will not go outside. Buying a sunlamp would be a start, but using it would be more helpful, so option D is incorrect.
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