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