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