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