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