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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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1. Sources of fats
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
18-25
4 calories/gram
2. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
6 oz. a day
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
review of systems
3. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
2 cups
can consume more calories without weight gain
prealbumin levels
500 cal/day
4. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
4 calories/gram
diet recall
albumin levels
antioxidant - immune function
5. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
fats
carrots and sweet potatoes
protein and fat
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
6. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
protein
milk - enriched grains
rickets - osteomalacia
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
7. What type of people need extra protein?
one tspn salt or less
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
6 oz. a day
atrophy or wasting of muscle
8. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
vitamin C - citrus fruits
albumin levels
4 calories/gram
9. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
6 oz. a day
day week or month
rickets - osteomalacia
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
10. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
2.5 cups
one tspn salt or less
11. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
4 calories/gram
day week or month
one tspn salt or less
essential amino acids
12. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
500 cal/day
one tspn salt or less
4 calories/gram
fat soluble vitamins
13. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
protein
vitamin C - citrus fruits
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
2 cups
14. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
review of systems
300 cal/day increase
carrots and sweet potatoes
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
15. What does DASH stand for?
2 cups
milk - enriched grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
albumin levels
16. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
protein and fat
diet recall
milk - enriched grains
liver and intestinal synthesis
17. What are healthy sources of fats?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
starches - sugars - and cellulose
18. When does BMR decrease?
fat soluble vitamins
6 oz. a day
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
19. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
3 cups
vitamin C - citrus fruits
500 cal/day
20. When does BMR increase?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
fat soluble vitamins
trans fatty acid
21. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
rickets - osteomalacia
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4 calories/gram
22. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
B and C
antioxidant - immune function
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
23. Name six sources of grains
transferrin
liver and intestinal synthesis
5.5 ounces/day
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
24. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
6 oz. a day
diet recall
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fat soluble vitamins
25. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
2.5 cups
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
trans fatty acid
4 calories/gram
26. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
one week period
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
4 calories/gram
27. What function is vitamin D?
dark green - orange - drybeans
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
protein
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
28. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
protein
29. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
4 calories/gram
one week period
review of systems
30. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fats
cream cheese - cream or butter
31. What is the function of vitamin C?
protein and fat
cream cheese - cream or butter
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
decrease in total lymphocyte count
32. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
2.5 cups
diet recall
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
33. What is the function of vitamin E?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
vitamin K
antioxidant - immune function
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
34. What is normal albumin levels?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
review of systems
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
B and C
35. Where can you get more vitamin D?
one tspn salt or less
dairy and fortified foods
carrots and sweet potatoes
hemoglobin
36. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
apple is higher risk than a pear
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
37. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
liver and intestinal synthesis
dark green - orange - drybeans
3 cups
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
38. Fats can lead to some medical problems
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
diet recall
39. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
2 cups
apple is higher risk than a pear
review of systems
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
40. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
B and C
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
2 cups
rickets - osteomalacia
41. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
low albumin levels < 3.4
fats
atrophy or wasting of muscle
42. What function is vitamin A?
300 cal/day increase
fats
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
apple is higher risk than a pear
43. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
hemoglobin
pregnant women or elderly
starches - sugars - and cellulose
18-25
44. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
dark green - orange - drybeans
essential amino acids
B and C
45. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
hemorrhage
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
liver and intestinal synthesis
46. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
review of systems
essential amino acids
47. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
dairy and fortified foods
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
48. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
300 cal/day increase
low albumin levels < 3.4
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
B and C
49. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
dietary approach to stop hypertension
3 cups
essential amino acids
fats
50. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
pregnant women or elderly
decrease in total lymphocyte count
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