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Functions
Toxicities
Deficiencies
Sources
Nursing Considerations
100
The main function of calcium
What is structural and storage functions?
100
Causes hypercalcemia (high blood calcium level)
What is vitamin D?
100
2 deficiencies of vitamin D
What is rickets and osteomalacia?
100
T/F: Butter, cream cheese, and cottage cheese are good sources of calcium.
What is False. Butter and cream cheese are predominantly fat and cottage cheese looses calcium through processing.
100
Nurses should consider this as an Adequate Intake of vitamin D
What is 5mcg per day?
200
The main function of Vitamin D
What is intestinal absorption of calcium and phosphorous?
200
Dietary intake of Vitamin D causing toxicity
What is UL of 50 mcg?
200
Condition in which bone density is reduced and the remaining bone is brittle and breaks easily
What is Osteoporosis?
200
T/F: Vitamin D can be synthesized by the body or found in dietary sources.
What is True.
200
Groups of people that nurses should be most concerned about having the Vitamin D deficiency of osteomalcia.
What is older adults and women?
300
T/F: Vitamin D affects bone mineralization
What is True
300
2 symptoms of vitamin D toxicity
What is Hypercalcemia and Hypercalciuria?
300
3 skeleton malformation caused from rickets in children are
What is bowed legs, oddly angled ribs, and abnormal tooth formation?
300
Name 4 food sources with vitamin D
What is butter, egg yolks, fatty fish, and liver.
300
Nurses should consider this as an Adequate Intake of calcium for ages 19-50
What is 1000 mg?
400
T/F: Central Nervous System depends on Calcium
What is True
400
T/F: You can consume too much calcium in only food consumption.
What is False. Problems only occur when supplements of calcium and other nutrients are used instead of foods.
400
Lifestyle factors that can increase osteoporosis (name at least 3)
What is nutrition/calcium intake, alcohol, smoking, caffeine, and sedentary lifestyle?
400
Name 4 primary food sources of calcium
What is ice cream, milk, yogurt, frozen yogurt, cheeses, and puddings.
400
Lifestyle habits that a nurse should question for a patient with osteoporosis. (Name at least 3)
What is Nutrition, alcohol, smoking, caffeine, and a sedentary lifestyle?
500
The percent of Calcium related to bones and the percent of Calcium related to blood functions
What is 99% and 1%?
500
Over-supplementation of calcium results in (3 parts)
What is constipation, urinary stone formation affecting kidney function, and reduced absorption of minerals.
500
Diseases associated with vitamin D deficiency (name at least 3)
What is CAD, rheumatoid arthritis, cancers, type 1 diabetes, and MS.
500
Affects the amount of vitamin D produced by body
What is UV irradiation?
500
Hormones nurses should look into if there is irregular blood calcium levels.
What is parathormone, calcitriol, and calcitonin?