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