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