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