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