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