The nurse is educating a patient with iron deficiency anemia about food sources high in iron and how to enhance the absorption of iron when eating these foods. What can the nurse inform the client would enhance the absorption?

The nurse is educating a patient with iron deficiency anemia about food sources high in iron and how to enhance the absorption of iron when eating these foods. What can the nurse inform the client would enhance the absorption?

The nurse is educating a patient with iron deficiency anemia about food sources high in iron and how to enhance the absorption of iron when eating these foods. What can the nurse inform the client would enhance the absorption?


a) Eating a steak with mushrooms

b) Eating apple slices with carrots

c) Eating calf's liver with a glass of orange juice

d) Eating leafy green vegetables with a glass of water



Answer: Eating calf's liver with a glass of orange juice