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