CNSC study guide - parenteral nutrition calculation Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
1 g = __ mg Correct Answers 1000
1/2 NS = ___ mEq sodium/L Correct Answers 77 mEq
sodium/L
10% lipid ILE = ___ kcal/ml = ___ kcal/g Correct Answers
1.1 kcal/ml, 11 kcal/g
20% lipid ILE = ___ kcal/ml = ___ kcal/g Correct Answers 2
kcal/ml, 10 kcal/g
30% lipid ILE = ___ kcal/ml = ___ kcal/g Correct Answers 3
kcal/ml = 10 kcal/g
Administer a minimum of ___ g ILE every ___ to prevent
EFAD? Correct Answers 100 g ILE once per week
Alternative ILEs may contain... Correct Answers fish oil,
MCT and/or olive oil, in addition to soybean oil
Amino acid concentrations range from ___% to ___% Correct
Answers 3%-15%
Amino acid osmolarity Correct Answers 10 mOsm/g
Amino acids = ___ kcals/g Correct Answers 4
, ASPEN and ESPEN encourage practitioners to consider what
ILEs for certain populations (ICU, surgical, long-term PN)?
Correct Answers fish oil-containing ILEs
ASPEN and ESPEN highlights the benefits of what ILEs?
Correct Answers alternative ILEs compared to soybean oil-
based ILEs
Calcium dose in PN Correct Answers 10-15 mEq/day
Calcium in PN, preferred form Correct Answers calcium
gluconate
Calculating dextrose-amino acid admixture (2-in-1 PN) Correct
Answers -calculate fluid, amino acid and dextrose as usual (in
grams)
-order ILE as a rate
Choose higher dextrose concentrations for ___ PNs Correct
Answers low volume
Classic guideline to keep GIR < ___ for patients at refeeding
syndrome risk Correct Answers - < 2 mg/kg/min
-not always strictly enforced
Consider adding ___ to the PN for patients with high GI losses
(drains) or wounds Correct Answers zinc
Consider adding insulin to the PN bag for which patients?
Correct Answers -patients who are persistently hyperglycemic
on PN
Questions With Complete Solutions
1 g = __ mg Correct Answers 1000
1/2 NS = ___ mEq sodium/L Correct Answers 77 mEq
sodium/L
10% lipid ILE = ___ kcal/ml = ___ kcal/g Correct Answers
1.1 kcal/ml, 11 kcal/g
20% lipid ILE = ___ kcal/ml = ___ kcal/g Correct Answers 2
kcal/ml, 10 kcal/g
30% lipid ILE = ___ kcal/ml = ___ kcal/g Correct Answers 3
kcal/ml = 10 kcal/g
Administer a minimum of ___ g ILE every ___ to prevent
EFAD? Correct Answers 100 g ILE once per week
Alternative ILEs may contain... Correct Answers fish oil,
MCT and/or olive oil, in addition to soybean oil
Amino acid concentrations range from ___% to ___% Correct
Answers 3%-15%
Amino acid osmolarity Correct Answers 10 mOsm/g
Amino acids = ___ kcals/g Correct Answers 4
, ASPEN and ESPEN encourage practitioners to consider what
ILEs for certain populations (ICU, surgical, long-term PN)?
Correct Answers fish oil-containing ILEs
ASPEN and ESPEN highlights the benefits of what ILEs?
Correct Answers alternative ILEs compared to soybean oil-
based ILEs
Calcium dose in PN Correct Answers 10-15 mEq/day
Calcium in PN, preferred form Correct Answers calcium
gluconate
Calculating dextrose-amino acid admixture (2-in-1 PN) Correct
Answers -calculate fluid, amino acid and dextrose as usual (in
grams)
-order ILE as a rate
Choose higher dextrose concentrations for ___ PNs Correct
Answers low volume
Classic guideline to keep GIR < ___ for patients at refeeding
syndrome risk Correct Answers - < 2 mg/kg/min
-not always strictly enforced
Consider adding ___ to the PN for patients with high GI losses
(drains) or wounds Correct Answers zinc
Consider adding insulin to the PN bag for which patients?
Correct Answers -patients who are persistently hyperglycemic
on PN
