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