After Teaching a Client About Good Sources of Potassium, the Nurse

question 6

Multiple Choice

After teaching a client about good sources of potassium, the nurse determines that additional teaching is needed when the client states that which of the following is a good source?

• A) Cantaloupe
• B) Bananas
• C) Salmon
• D) Winter squash

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Definitions:

Activation Energy

The minimum amount of energy required to start a chemical reaction.

Catalysts

Substances that increase the rate of a chemical reaction without themselves undergoing any permanent chemical change.

Enzymes

Biological molecules that significantly speed up the rate of virtually all of the chemical reactions within cells.

Anabolism

The constructive phase of metabolism in which cells synthesize complex molecules from simpler ones, such as proteins from amino acids.