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