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