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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
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
day week or month
hemoglobin
2. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
albumin levels
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
liver and intestinal synthesis
3. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
prealbumin levels
decrease in total lymphocyte count
day week or month
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
4. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
liver and intestinal synthesis
18-25
5. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
protein and fat
6. Sources of fats
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
diet recall
300 cal/day increase
7. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
essential amino acids
4 calories/gram
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
8. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
pregnant women or elderly
antioxidant - immune function
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
3 cups
9. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
vitamin K
fats
3 cups
10. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
protein
trans fatty acid
vitamin C - citrus fruits
transferrin
11. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
transferrin
2.5 cups
protein
vitamin K
12. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
2 cups
essential amino acids
milk - enriched grains
13. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
review of systems
4 calories/gram
14. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
starches - sugars - and cellulose
2.5 cups
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
15. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
diet recall
one week period
TPN total parenteral nutrition
16. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
fats
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
300 cal/day increase
low albumin levels < 3.4
17. Where can you get more vitamin D?
protein and fat
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
dairy and fortified foods
18. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
review of systems
dietary approach to stop hypertension
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
19. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
rickets - osteomalacia
18-25
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
20. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
B and C
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
21. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
essential amino acids
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
500 cal/day
albumin levels
22. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
B and C
protein
fat soluble vitamins
cream cheese - cream or butter
23. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
TPN total parenteral nutrition
500 cal/day
low albumin levels < 3.4
24. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
fat soluble vitamins
can consume more calories without weight gain
4 calories/gram
prealbumin levels
25. What are healthy sources of fats?
milk - enriched grains
one week period
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
2 cups
26. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
vitamin K
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
liver and intestinal synthesis
5.5 ounces/day
27. What is normal BMI?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
18-25
apple is higher risk than a pear
diet recall
28. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
18-25
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
300 cal/day increase
pregnant women or elderly
29. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
trans fatty acid
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
hemoglobin
30. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
apple is higher risk than a pear
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
3 cups
31. The higher the BMR a client has --
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
18-25
can consume more calories without weight gain
trans fatty acid
32. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
one tspn salt or less
prealbumin levels
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vitamin K
33. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
day week or month
3 cups
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
34. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
pregnant women or elderly
35. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
low albumin levels < 3.4
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dairy and fortified foods
36. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
fats
rickets - osteomalacia
3 cups
37. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
5.5 ounces/day
hemorrhage
protein and fat
day week or month
38. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
hemoglobin
transferrin
dark green - orange - drybeans
4 calories/gram
39. What is the function of vitamin E?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
2 cups
antioxidant - immune function
protein
40. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
one week period
fat soluble vitamins
vitamin K
41. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
cream cheese - cream or butter
6 oz. a day
42. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
6 oz. a day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
18-25
43. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vitamin C - citrus fruits
2.5 cups
can consume more calories without weight gain
44. When does BMR decrease?
hemorrhage
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
TPN total parenteral nutrition
albumin levels
45. Fats can lead to some medical problems
6 oz. a day
antioxidant - immune function
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
46. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
rickets - osteomalacia
protein
fat soluble vitamins
apple is higher risk than a pear
47. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
milk - enriched grains
fat soluble vitamins
500 cal/day
48. How many calories/gram is protein?
protein and fat
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
4 calories/gram
carrots and sweet potatoes
49. What is normal albumin levels?
vitamin K
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
transferrin
18-25
50. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
carrots and sweet potatoes
review of systems
fats
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth