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