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