Component of every living cell, provides structure and framework for the body, repairs and builds tissues.

What is digested to make amino acids available for protein synthesis ?

Which items may be given to a client on a full liquid diet? Select all that apply

What percent of calories should come from carbohydrates?

Kwashiorkor is a deficiency disease of what nutrient?

This is needed for metabolism of energy.

Vitamins are essential in the diet because they cannot be made by the body or are synthesized in inadequate amounts. True or False?

Water-soluble vitamins (not stored in the body)

Select all that apply

Fat-soluble vitamins (stored in the body) Select all that apply

This vitamin role is in vision, reproduction, growth and immune function

This vitamin maintains serum calcium concentrations, role in bone

health and immune function.

This vitamin is made by the body with exposure to sunlight.

This vitamin is a antioxidant and protects cell membranes.

This vitamin is given at birth to infants unable to synthesize due to sterile gut.

Deficiency of this vitamin can cause hemorrhaging.

This vitamin deficiency usually only seen in alcoholics – can be fatal.

A large dose of this vitamin is given to treat hyperlipidemia.

What does Pellagra mean?

Conditions that increase the risk of vitamin B1 deficiency include the following: 

Select all that apply

What reduces the risk of neural tube defects if taken before conception and during the 1st trimester of pregnancy.

What deficiency results in anemia – alcoholics at greatest risk.

What vitamin activates foliate?

This vitamin promotes iron absorption.

This is a state of dietary deficiency of vitamin C.

What causes osteomalacia in adults ?

This deficiency causes poor calcium absorption.

What is given to patients who have nutritional deficits ?

What are good sources of B12? Select all that apply

What two minerals are found in processed, canned, convenience, restaurant and fast foods? 

_____ is found in fruits and vegetables, milk, dried peas and beans, fish and beef?

This mineral plays a major role in bone, teeth formation and maintenance

Calcium is found in which foods? Select all that apply

This increases calcium absorption.

This mineral has a role in oxygen transport via hemoglobin.

What food is iron not found in?

Vitamin C increases iron absorption. True or False?

What is the component of thyroid hormones that regulate growth and development.

Deficiency _____ may lead to goiter, hypothyroidism or growth and development defects.

____ is an important extracellular that helps keep the amount of fluid inside and outside of the cells in balance. It also helps maintain proper blood volume, blood pressure, and pH of your body fluids.

This occurs during growth, pregnancy or recovery from injury.

This occurs during starvation or the catabolic phase after injury.

The best marker for malnutrition is:

Prealbumin levels of < 5 mg/dL indicate severe nutritional deficiency. True or False?

What is a normal potassium level ?

What is a normal magnesium level?

What is the normal sodium level?

What is the normal BUN level ?

Creatinine normal level is 0.4-1.5 mg/dL. True or False?

What vitamin is essential for the production of healthy red blood cells?

What is the normal range for serum folate?

What information does the nurse need for  a nutritional assessment? Select all that apply.

This evaluates progress of growth, detects under-nutrition, and measures changes in body composition.

If a patient has a BMI of 15 what are they considered?

If a patient has a BMI of 20.5 what are they considered?

If a patient has a BMI of 28.3 what are they considered?

If a patient has a BMI of 33.3 what are they considered?

If a patient has a BMI of 76 what are they considered?

A condition that occurs when the body does not get enough nutrients.

This Interferes with wound healing, increases risk of infection, increases incidence of complications, leads to longer hospital stays and prolonged confinement to bed.

A patient came in with chief complaints of digestive difficulties,

fatigue, irritability, and lethargy. What condition might this person be suffering from?

The state arising from abnormality in absorption of nutrients across the GI tract.

A form of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) caused by insufficient protein consumption with adequate calorie intake.

This is a Rapid onset that develops in weeks.

Occurs most commonly in areas of famine, limited food supply, and low levels of education

This is another form of PEM caused by severe, prolonged starvation, insufficient protein and calorie consumption.

Slow onset – develops over months or years.

This diet has proven to lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol & improve insulin sensitivity

Bacon and sausage is considered a heart healthy diet. True or False?

This diet is indicated post-op, during acute illness and to reduce fecal matter for diagnostic procedures.

If a patient is on a clear liquid diet what are they allowed to have? Select all that apply.

This diet is indicated for patients with chewing/swallowing problems and as a transition diet.

After a surgical procedure, the patient is advanced to a full liquid diet. The nurse is able to recommend which one of the following foods for this patient?

This diet is low in fiber, texture and seasoning; cooked fruits and vegetables, lean tender meats, fish, potatoes and pasta.

A regular diet modified in texture only, indicated for edentulous patients and those with chewing/swallowing problems.

A patient with an NPO order (Nothing by mouth) should not be given solid food but started on a clear liquid and advanced from there as tolerated. What is this an example of?

If a patient is on a renal diet what can they have? Select all that apply.

Extra protein helps to heal wounds and form new tissue in the body. True or False?

What is the benefit of a high fiber diet? Select all that apply.

If there are eight servings in this container, and the patient ate half of it, how many calories have they taken in?

Serum albumin and pre-albumin used to detect ______ _____.

For feedings what position do you sit the patient in?

The patient should be placed in the semi-Fowler's position after intermittent feedings at all times. True or False?

How long should you keep a patient in semi-Fowler's when giving a continuous feeding ?

To maintain patency of the feeding tube, how much water or normal saline should be administered?

What happens during refeeding syndrome?

This method provides nutrients to the body intravenously, indicated when intake is inadequate and ability to ingest and absorb food is impaired.

Morbid fear of obesity

The totality of what individuals habitually eat and drink, and the parts of the pattern act synergistically to affect health. As a result, the dietary pattern may better predict overall health status and disease risk than individual foods or nutrients.