Midterm Exam:
NURS 5432 FNP 1 |
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Verified Answers
|Latest 2025/2026
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University of
Texas, Arlington.
, Calorie Requirements: Birth -6 months - CORRECT ANSWERS -120kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: 7mo - 1 year - CORRECT ANSWERS -100kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: 2 - 10 years - CORRECT ANSWERS -100 to 70 kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: adolescents - CORRECT ANSWERS -45 kcal/kg/day
Breast feeding benefits - CORRECT ANSWERS -· Perfect food; cannot be duplicated
· Decreases illness in infants
· Maternal antibodies are transferred to infants
· Decreased GI problems such as GERD
· Decreases allergies as it contains anti-inflammatory agents
· Breastfeeding during painful procedures provides analgesia
· The longer the mom breastfeeds, the less chance of the child to be overweight
independent of education and socioeconomic status
Recommended time to exclusive breast feed - CORRECT ANSWERS -6 months and
feed on demand
· Adequate nutrition confirmed by weight gain up to 3 months - CORRECT ANSWERS -
o 30 g/day (1 oz/day) for the first 3 months
o Gain of 15-20 g/day during subsequent 3 months
· Vitamin Supplementation - CORRECT ANSWERS -o Vitamin D (400 IU per day at 2
months of age to adolescence
o Vitamin B12 for breastfeeding mothers who are strict vegetarians
Iron supplementation - CORRECT ANSWERS -o For exclusively breast-fed infants:
approximately 1 mg/kg/day of iron is recommended after 6 months of age
o Bottle feeding should contain iron supplementation
o Ideally iron should come from fortified cereals
o Elemental iron supplements can be given if iron intake from diet is not adequate
· Fluoride Supplementation - CORRECT ANSWERS -o Supplements only when local
water supply is less than 0.3 parts per million (ppm)
o Supplementation first 6 months of life
Initial weight loss after birth - CORRECT ANSWERS -10%
Initial weight loss regained when - CORRECT ANSWERS -within 7-14 days
Weight should double by when - CORRECT ANSWERS -5-6 months old
Weight should triple by when - CORRECT ANSWERS -1 year of age
NURS 5432 FNP 1 |
Questions with
Verified Answers
|Latest 2025/2026
Update|
University of
Texas, Arlington.
, Calorie Requirements: Birth -6 months - CORRECT ANSWERS -120kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: 7mo - 1 year - CORRECT ANSWERS -100kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: 2 - 10 years - CORRECT ANSWERS -100 to 70 kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: adolescents - CORRECT ANSWERS -45 kcal/kg/day
Breast feeding benefits - CORRECT ANSWERS -· Perfect food; cannot be duplicated
· Decreases illness in infants
· Maternal antibodies are transferred to infants
· Decreased GI problems such as GERD
· Decreases allergies as it contains anti-inflammatory agents
· Breastfeeding during painful procedures provides analgesia
· The longer the mom breastfeeds, the less chance of the child to be overweight
independent of education and socioeconomic status
Recommended time to exclusive breast feed - CORRECT ANSWERS -6 months and
feed on demand
· Adequate nutrition confirmed by weight gain up to 3 months - CORRECT ANSWERS -
o 30 g/day (1 oz/day) for the first 3 months
o Gain of 15-20 g/day during subsequent 3 months
· Vitamin Supplementation - CORRECT ANSWERS -o Vitamin D (400 IU per day at 2
months of age to adolescence
o Vitamin B12 for breastfeeding mothers who are strict vegetarians
Iron supplementation - CORRECT ANSWERS -o For exclusively breast-fed infants:
approximately 1 mg/kg/day of iron is recommended after 6 months of age
o Bottle feeding should contain iron supplementation
o Ideally iron should come from fortified cereals
o Elemental iron supplements can be given if iron intake from diet is not adequate
· Fluoride Supplementation - CORRECT ANSWERS -o Supplements only when local
water supply is less than 0.3 parts per million (ppm)
o Supplementation first 6 months of life
Initial weight loss after birth - CORRECT ANSWERS -10%
Initial weight loss regained when - CORRECT ANSWERS -within 7-14 days
Weight should double by when - CORRECT ANSWERS -5-6 months old
Weight should triple by when - CORRECT ANSWERS -1 year of age
