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NCLEX Nutrition
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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1. What function is vitamin D?
4 calories/gram
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
TPN total parenteral nutrition
2. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
18-25
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
albumin levels
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
3. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
liver and intestinal synthesis
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
B and C
4. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
500 cal/day
hemorrhage
apple is higher risk than a pear
5. Sources of fats
review of systems
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
day week or month
6. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
essential amino acids
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
fat soluble vitamins
7. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
rickets - osteomalacia
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
low albumin levels < 3.4
8. What is normal albumin levels?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
diet recall
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
starches - sugars - and cellulose
9. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
one tspn salt or less
diet recall
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
5.5 ounces/day
10. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
4 calories/gram
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
decrease in total lymphocyte count
11. What type of people need extra protein?
18-25
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
transferrin
12. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
hemoglobin
rickets - osteomalacia
albumin levels
13. What is the function of vitamin E?
milk - enriched grains
antioxidant - immune function
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
14. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
atrophy or wasting of muscle
milk - enriched grains
antioxidant - immune function
essential amino acids
15. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
2 cups
vitamin K
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
16. How many calories/gram is protein?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
4 calories/gram
dairy and fortified foods
liver and intestinal synthesis
17. Fats can lead to some medical problems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
can consume more calories without weight gain
4 calories/gram
rickets - osteomalacia
18. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
diet recall
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
one week period
3 cups
19. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
albumin levels
fat soluble vitamins
vitamin C - citrus fruits
TPN total parenteral nutrition
20. When does BMR decrease?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
5.5 ounces/day
fat soluble vitamins
carrots and sweet potatoes
21. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
one tspn salt or less
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
22. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
liver and intestinal synthesis
vitamin C - citrus fruits
500 cal/day
hemorrhage
23. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
protein
3 cups
5.5 ounces/day
24. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
vitamin C - citrus fruits
trans fatty acid
one week period
25. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
transferrin
carrots and sweet potatoes
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
26. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
500 cal/day
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
27. What is RDA of protein?
antioxidant - immune function
rickets - osteomalacia
cream cheese - cream or butter
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
28. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
4 calories/gram
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
2.5 cups
29. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
500 cal/day
30. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
starches - sugars - and cellulose
TPN total parenteral nutrition
hemorrhage
31. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
prealbumin levels
pregnant women or elderly
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
32. When does BMR increase?
18-25
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
vitamin C - citrus fruits
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
33. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
4 calories/gram
34. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
one tspn salt or less
hemoglobin
35. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
3 cups
fats
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
36. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
B and C
trans fatty acid
37. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
one week period
3 cups
cream cheese - cream or butter
38. What are healthy sources of fats?
rickets - osteomalacia
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
dietary approach to stop hypertension
39. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
day week or month
6 oz. a day
can consume more calories without weight gain
40. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
5.5 ounces/day
one tspn salt or less
rickets - osteomalacia
41. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
42. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
prealbumin levels
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
43. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
one tspn salt or less
low albumin levels < 3.4
fat soluble vitamins
protein
44. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
fat soluble vitamins
liver and intestinal synthesis
trans fatty acid
45. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
day week or month
6 oz. a day
one week period
46. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
4 calories/gram
18-25
dairy and fortified foods
liver and intestinal synthesis
47. The higher the BMR a client has --
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
can consume more calories without weight gain
protein
hemorrhage
48. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
cream cheese - cream or butter
milk - enriched grains
vitamin C - citrus fruits
49. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
protein
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
milk - enriched grains
atrophy or wasting of muscle
50. What is the function of vitamin C?
review of systems
atrophy or wasting of muscle
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
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