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