RN Exam Practice
Health Promotion and MaintenanceQuestion 2344 of 2368

A client asks why menstruating females need more iron than males. Which reason should the nurse give?

  1. Iron is needed to replace losses that occur during menstruation
  2. Females have more muscle mass than males, which needs more iron
  3. Females have higher overall calorie needs than males do each day
  4. Iron cannot be stored in body fat, so females run out of it
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Correct answer: Iron is needed to replace losses that occur during menstruation

Menstruating females have higher iron requirements to offset the losses that occur during menstruation.

Source: Nursing Fundamentals, 2nd edition (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2024), Nutrition: Gender. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026