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