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