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Nurs 299 (Nutrition) - Exam Study Test | 145Questions and Answers| Latest Update
How a food fits into the overall daily diet and would therefore show whether it makes a high or
low contribution to nutrient intake. - ✔✔What does the Percent Daily Value tell you?
Lack of carbohydrates - ✔✔What causes excessive ketone production?
Liver and muscles - ✔✔Where is glycogen stored?
Exercising and diet alternations - ✔✔When is glycogen used?
Fatty Fish - ✔✔What food is high in omega-3 fatty acids?
Decreases the risk of blood clots - ✔✔What is the purpose of omega-3 fatty acids?
It denatures - ✔✔What happens to proteins with a client that has a high fever?
10% to 35% - ✔✔What percent of your total calories per day?
They get stored as fat - ✔✔What happens to extra protein if one consumes more than is
needed?
Palm of your hand - ✔✔What displays the appropriate serving size of protein?
Thiamin (B1) - ✔✔A older client is confused, experiences memory loss, and experiences
ataxia. He intakes excessive amounts of alcohol. This client is deficient in:
, Vitamin B12 - ✔✔An older adult develops delusions, hallucinations, and numbness in the
hands and feet. The nurse checks that the client is deficient in:
Potassium - ✔✔If a patient complains of muscle weakness, confusion, decreased appetite,
and an irregular heartbeat, they are deficient in:
Lack of Protein - ✔✔An older client has edema and says she has limited income. She is
having lack of energy, loss of muscle mass, and increased risk of infection. What is she having
issues with?
It prevents neural tube defects - ✔✔Why do women need folic acid during pregnancy?
Their stomachs doesn't produce intrinsic factor - ✔✔Why do patients, especially vegetarians,
need vitamin B12 injections?
Their skin is less efficient in synthesizing vitamin D during sun exposure - ✔✔Why older
adults might need supplements?
Long-term use of antibiotics - ✔✔What can cause a deficiency in Vitamin K?
Losing iron during menstrual cycle - ✔✔Why do women require more iron intake than men?
Obesogenic environment - ✔✔What is an environment that limits people's ability to stay
active while surrounding them with inexpensive high-energy foods?
B-complex vitamins, especially thiamine, niacin, and vitamins B6 and B12, calcium and sodium -
✔✔What are essential nutrients for the nervous system?
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