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