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