A 58-year-old client who has been post-menopausal for five years is concerned about the risk for osteoporosis because her mother has the condition. The information nurse should offer to client is that ''Calcium loss from bones can be slowed by increasing calcium intake and exercise.''
Since primary osteoporosis and estrogen insufficiency are intimately related, postmenopausal women are particularly vulnerable to the condition. The decrease in estrogen during the menopausal transition period causes greater bone resorption than production, which results in osteoporosis.
Therefore The patient's awareness of osteoporosis should be evaluated, and nurses should educate the patient on exercise, diet (including boosting calcium and vitamin D intake, identifying foods high in calcium, and reducing sodas or colas, which are typically high in phosphorus), and lifestyle.
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