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