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