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