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