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