The nurse is aware that clients with chronic alterations in kidney function have insufficient amounts of which of the following vitamins?
a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin D
c. Vitamin E
d. Vitamin K
B
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 function do not suffer from an insufficient amount of vitamin A.
Clients with chronic alterations in kidney function do not suffer from an insufficient amount of vitamin E.
Clients with chronic alterations in kidney function do not suffer from an insufficient amount of vitamin K.
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