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