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