Food, Nutrition, and Health Practice
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1. Promoting a health care service that improves diabetes ANS: A
management for the elderly in a community would assist Healthy People 2020 has a wide influence and is the focus of the nation's main
in which of the following? objective to promote health and prevent disease.
a. Supporting the national health goals Healthy People
2020 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 2
b. Reducing hunger in a subset of the United States TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and
population Maintenance
c. Improving Medicare reimbursement claims
d. Providing access to primary health care services
1. A patient requires a nutrition assessment. The most ANS: D
appropriate professional to perform the assessment is a The registered dietitian is the nutrition expert registered with the Commission of
a. physician. Dietetic Registration (CDR), the certifying agency of Academy of Nutrition and
b. nurse. Dietetics. Registered dietitians are the only professionals who have met strict
c. public health nutritionist. educational and professional prerequisites and passed a national registration
d. registered dietitian. examination that properly prepares them to conduct a nutrition assessment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 1 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
1. The sum of all body processes inside living cells that ANS: C
sustain life and health is Metabolism is the sum of all chemical changes that take place in the body.
a. science. Metabolism provides energy, builds tissue, and regulates metabolic processes in
b. digestion. the body.
c. metabolism. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 3 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC:
d. nutrition. NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
, 1. The nutrients that provide the body with its primary ANS: D
source of fuel for energy are Carbohydrates (e.g., starches and sugars) are the body's primary fuel to carry out
a. vitamins. necessary processes; fat is the secondary source of energy.
b. minerals.
c. fiber. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC:
d. carbohydrates. NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
1. Which of the following is the most accurate statement ANS: D
regarding the functions of protein? The primary function of proteins is to provide amino acids, which are the building
a. Proteins can be a primary fuel source even if there is units necessary to building and repairing tissues within the body. This is a constant
adequate carbohydrate intake. process that ensures adequate growth and maintenance of tissues for a strong
b. Proteins are a necessary nutrient to provide energy for body.
the body in times of stress. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
c. Proteins can be used as coenzyme factors during cell MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
metabolism.
d. Proteins are essential to building and repairing tissues
within the body.
1. A 65-year-old man requires 2000 kcal/day without any ANS: A
specific fat or carbohydrate requirements. The Fat should provide no more than 20% to 35% of the total kilocalories per day, so
approximate number of kilocalories per day from fat that for a 2000- kcal diet, 400 to 700 kcal should be provided.
his diet should provide is kcal/day.
a. 400 to 700 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC:
b. 100 to 300 NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
c. 500 to 800
d. 900 to 1200
1. The body's main storage form of carbohydrate is ANS: A
a. glycogen. Glycogen is a polysaccharide that is the main storage form of carbohydrate in the
b. glycerol. human body. It is mainly stored in the liver and to a lesser extent in muscle tissue.
c. glucagon.
d. glucose. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC:
NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
1. The number of kilocalories provided by one slice of ANS: C
bread that contains 30 g carbohydrate, 3 g protein, and 1 Calculate as follows: Carbohydrate provides 4 kcal/g, protein provides 4 kcal/g,
g fat is kcal. and fat provides 9 kcal/g. Therefore:
a. 34
b. 136 30 g carbohydrate 4 kcal/g = 120 kcal
c. 141 3 g protein 4 kcal/g = 12 kcal
d. 306 1 g fat 9 kcal/g = 9 kcal
= 141 total kcal (120 kcal + 12 kcal + 9 kcal)
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
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1. Promoting a health care service that improves diabetes ANS: A
management for the elderly in a community would assist Healthy People 2020 has a wide influence and is the focus of the nation's main
in which of the following? objective to promote health and prevent disease.
a. Supporting the national health goals Healthy People
2020 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 2
b. Reducing hunger in a subset of the United States TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and
population Maintenance
c. Improving Medicare reimbursement claims
d. Providing access to primary health care services
1. A patient requires a nutrition assessment. The most ANS: D
appropriate professional to perform the assessment is a The registered dietitian is the nutrition expert registered with the Commission of
a. physician. Dietetic Registration (CDR), the certifying agency of Academy of Nutrition and
b. nurse. Dietetics. Registered dietitians are the only professionals who have met strict
c. public health nutritionist. educational and professional prerequisites and passed a national registration
d. registered dietitian. examination that properly prepares them to conduct a nutrition assessment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 1 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
1. The sum of all body processes inside living cells that ANS: C
sustain life and health is Metabolism is the sum of all chemical changes that take place in the body.
a. science. Metabolism provides energy, builds tissue, and regulates metabolic processes in
b. digestion. the body.
c. metabolism. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 3 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC:
d. nutrition. NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
, 1. The nutrients that provide the body with its primary ANS: D
source of fuel for energy are Carbohydrates (e.g., starches and sugars) are the body's primary fuel to carry out
a. vitamins. necessary processes; fat is the secondary source of energy.
b. minerals.
c. fiber. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC:
d. carbohydrates. NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
1. Which of the following is the most accurate statement ANS: D
regarding the functions of protein? The primary function of proteins is to provide amino acids, which are the building
a. Proteins can be a primary fuel source even if there is units necessary to building and repairing tissues within the body. This is a constant
adequate carbohydrate intake. process that ensures adequate growth and maintenance of tissues for a strong
b. Proteins are a necessary nutrient to provide energy for body.
the body in times of stress. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
c. Proteins can be used as coenzyme factors during cell MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
metabolism.
d. Proteins are essential to building and repairing tissues
within the body.
1. A 65-year-old man requires 2000 kcal/day without any ANS: A
specific fat or carbohydrate requirements. The Fat should provide no more than 20% to 35% of the total kilocalories per day, so
approximate number of kilocalories per day from fat that for a 2000- kcal diet, 400 to 700 kcal should be provided.
his diet should provide is kcal/day.
a. 400 to 700 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC:
b. 100 to 300 NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
c. 500 to 800
d. 900 to 1200
1. The body's main storage form of carbohydrate is ANS: A
a. glycogen. Glycogen is a polysaccharide that is the main storage form of carbohydrate in the
b. glycerol. human body. It is mainly stored in the liver and to a lesser extent in muscle tissue.
c. glucagon.
d. glucose. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC:
NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
1. The number of kilocalories provided by one slice of ANS: C
bread that contains 30 g carbohydrate, 3 g protein, and 1 Calculate as follows: Carbohydrate provides 4 kcal/g, protein provides 4 kcal/g,
g fat is kcal. and fat provides 9 kcal/g. Therefore:
a. 34
b. 136 30 g carbohydrate 4 kcal/g = 120 kcal
c. 141 3 g protein 4 kcal/g = 12 kcal
d. 306 1 g fat 9 kcal/g = 9 kcal
= 141 total kcal (120 kcal + 12 kcal + 9 kcal)
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
