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