A pregnant client asks the nurse if she can double her prenatal vitamin dose because she doesn't like to eat vegetables. What is the nurse's response about the danger of taking excessive vitamins?
a. Increases caloric intake
b. Has toxic effects on the fetus
c. Increases absorption of all vitamins
d. Promotes development of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH)
ANS: B
The use of vitamin supplements in addition to food may increase the intake of some nutrients to doses much higher than the recommended amounts. Overdoses of some vitamins have been shown to cause fetal defects. Vitamin supplements do not contain calories. Vitamin supplements do not have better absorption than natural vitamins and minerals. There is no relationship between vitamin supplements and PIH.
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