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NR 224 - Exam 2 Questions and Correct
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Graded
This serves as the main source of fuel for the brain, skeletal muscles
during exercise, erythrocyte and leukocyte production, and cell
function of the renal medulla
Ans: Carbohydrates
Refers to difficulty swallowing
Ans: Dysphagia
New foods for an infant should be introduced 4-7 days apart to
identify
Ans: Allergies
The most reliable way to confirm tube feed placement
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Ans: Chest X-Ray
Animal fats have higher proportions of
Ans: Saturated Fatty Acids
Inadequate intake of this can lead to infants with neural tube
defects.
Ans: Folic Acid
During lactation a woman needs to have how many extra k/cals per
day
Ans: 500
The building of more complex biochemical substances by synthesis
of nutrients
Ans: Anabolism
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What provides nutrition directly into the GI tract
Ans: Enteral Nutrition
Vitamins A, D, E, and K are what kind of vitamins that are stored in
the body for long periods of time.
Ans: Fat Soluble
Warfarin (coumadin) and what have antagonistic effects to each
other
Ans: Vitamin K
Wavelike muscular contractions of the GI tract
Ans: Peristalsis
These are essential for growth, maintenance, and repair of body
tissue, regulation of blooding clotting, fluid regulation, and acid base
balance
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Ans: Protein
What refers to the proportion of essential nutrients to the number of
kilocalories
Ans: Nutrient Density
If there is a risk of aspiration, patients will receive what kind of
feedings to decrease their risk of aspiration.
Ans: Jejunal
Parenteral nutrition puts the patient at a high risk for
Ans: Sepsis
What is the energy needed at rest to maintain life-sustaining
activities
Ans: Basal Metabolic Rate
NR 224 - Exam 2 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
This serves as the main source of fuel for the brain, skeletal muscles
during exercise, erythrocyte and leukocyte production, and cell
function of the renal medulla
Ans: Carbohydrates
Refers to difficulty swallowing
Ans: Dysphagia
New foods for an infant should be introduced 4-7 days apart to
identify
Ans: Allergies
The most reliable way to confirm tube feed placement
,2 | Page
Ans: Chest X-Ray
Animal fats have higher proportions of
Ans: Saturated Fatty Acids
Inadequate intake of this can lead to infants with neural tube
defects.
Ans: Folic Acid
During lactation a woman needs to have how many extra k/cals per
day
Ans: 500
The building of more complex biochemical substances by synthesis
of nutrients
Ans: Anabolism
,3 | Page
What provides nutrition directly into the GI tract
Ans: Enteral Nutrition
Vitamins A, D, E, and K are what kind of vitamins that are stored in
the body for long periods of time.
Ans: Fat Soluble
Warfarin (coumadin) and what have antagonistic effects to each
other
Ans: Vitamin K
Wavelike muscular contractions of the GI tract
Ans: Peristalsis
These are essential for growth, maintenance, and repair of body
tissue, regulation of blooding clotting, fluid regulation, and acid base
balance
, 4 | Page
Ans: Protein
What refers to the proportion of essential nutrients to the number of
kilocalories
Ans: Nutrient Density
If there is a risk of aspiration, patients will receive what kind of
feedings to decrease their risk of aspiration.
Ans: Jejunal
Parenteral nutrition puts the patient at a high risk for
Ans: Sepsis
What is the energy needed at rest to maintain life-sustaining
activities
Ans: Basal Metabolic Rate
