A client is suspected of having a fat-soluble vitamin deficiency. To assist the client with this de-ficiency, the nurse informs the client that:
1. "More exposure to sunlight and drinking milk could solve your nutritional prob-lem"
2. "Eating more pork, fish, eggs, and poultry will increase your vitamin B complex intake"
3. "Increasing your protein intake will increase your negative nitrogen imbalance"
4. "Decreasing your triglyceride levels by eating less saturated fats would be a good health intervention for you"
ANS: 1
The fat-soluble vitamins are A, D, E, and K. With the exception of vitamin D, which can be ob-tained through exposure to sunlight, these vitamins are provided through dietary intake, includ-ing fortified milk. The B vitamins are not fat-soluble; they are water-soluble vitamins. Increasing protein intake will improve (decrease) a negative nitrogen imbalance, not increase it. Furthermore, increasing protein intake does not address the problem of a fat-soluble vitamin deficiency.
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