During a conversation with the nurse, a patient says, "I avoid going outside when the sun is shining because I don't want to get skin cancer."
The nurse should inform the patient that sun avoidance may predispose the patient to which condition? 1. Vitamin D deficiency
2. Hypokalemia
3. Hypernatremia
4. Hypercholesterolemia
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Rationale 1: The skin functions as a synthesizer of vitamin D (sunlight reacts with cholesterol).
Rationale 2: Exposure to sunlight is not a primary cause of hypokalemia.
Rationale 3: Exposure to sun would not cause an increase in sodium.
Rationale 4: Hypercholesterolemia results from factors such as dietary intake and cholesterol that is produced by the body, not from exposure to the sun.
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