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