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