nursing 3100 exam 1 || Questions with verified answers.

essential nutrient (3 qualities) correct answers cannot be synthesized in body must be supplied in food prevents specific deficiency disease which vitamins are essential correct answers all of them duh components of an assessment of a patient's nutritional status correct answers history (medical and family), physical findings (anemia assessment - bloodwork), anthropometrics (weight), lab tests RDA correct answers recommended dietary allowances - guideline to prevent deficiency (only work for healthy people) if you go below you could risk deficiency BASED ON STRONGEST EVIDENCE what are the problems with RDAs correct answers recommendation may be limited for some populations they do not cover diseases, drugs/alcohol, etc ONLY FOR US - very specific to us which cause toxicities - water soluble or fat soluble vitamin correct answers fat soluble cause toxicity if you take too much of a water soluble vitamin you just pee it out DRVs correct answers Daily Reference Values - general means by which we can take a food and assess where that food would fall in terms of the average diet what are DRVs based on correct answers male RDAs except for iron -- possible toxicity problem for women based on 2000 calorie diet what is required on a nutrient label correct answers vitamin D, calcium, iron, and potassium (vitamins a and c are now optional unless claim made/fortified) energy nutrient correct answers nutrients that give us calories (carbohydrates, proteins, fat, alcohol) enriched correct answers adding more of what was already there (whole wheat flour vs white flour - they strip everything off and then add it all later) fortified correct answers the food doesn't have that particular nutrient but they add it (orange juice with calcium in it, table salt with iodine in it)