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