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