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