NUFT 204 CORE EXAM TEST UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is a tilt test? - ✔✔A tilt table test is when you lay on a table that adjusts your
body position from horizontal to vertical to simulate standing up while connected to
electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood pressure monitors
✔✔What is a dietary reference intake (DRI)? - ✔✔Acceptable range of quantities of
vitamins and minerals for each gender and age group
✔✔What are daily values? - ✔✔The daily needed amount of protein, vitamins, fats,
cholesterol, carbohydrates, fiber, sodium, and potassium
✔✔Foods to Increase - ✔✔Make half your plate fruits and vegetables, Make at least half
your grains whole grains, Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk
✔✔Foods to Reduce - ✔✔Compare sodium in foods like soup, bread, and frozen meals
― and choose the foods with lower numbers, Drink water instead of sugary drinks.
✔✔Explain Basil Metabolic Rate (BMR) - ✔✔makes up 60-70% of the calories we use
(burn / expend). Includes energy your body uses to maintain the basic function of your
living and breathing body, including: the beating of our heart and cell production
✔✔Explain Body Mass Index (BMI) - ✔✔high BMI indicates high body fatness. BMI
screens for weight categories that may lead to health problems but doesn't diagnose the
body fatness or health of an individual
✔✔How to calculate BMI - ✔✔persons wait in kg divided by the square of height in
meters
✔✔Explain Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) - ✔✔avg daily level of intake that is
sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all healthy people (97-98%)
✔✔Factors Affecting Nutrition - ✔✔Psychologic and Sociocultural
✔✔Physiologic factors affecting nutrition - ✔✔developmental considerations, cognitive
changes in patients, gender, state of health
✔✔Sociocultural factors affecting nutrition - ✔✔Religion (what types of food people can
eat and preparation preferences), economics, cultural factors
✔✔When assessing a patient's nutritional history ask about - ✔✔food preferences,
values regarding nutrition, and expectations from nutritional therapy
, ✔✔How to screen a patient's nutrition habits? - ✔✔By using a Mini Nutritional
Assessment (MNA)
✔✔Types of diet orders - ✔✔NPO (nothing by mouth), Clear liquids, Full liquids, Soft
(for those with difficulty chewing/swallowing; foods can be blended), Regular, Select
(carb count; sodium)
✔✔Compliant foods for a clear liquid diet - ✔✔Black coffee, water, clear jello, avoid
things that are red, broths, plain tea, ice pops
✔✔Non-compliant foods for a clear liquid diet - ✔✔dairy products or are cloudy; milk,
cream soups, fruit juices with pulp, vegetable juices, ice cream, alcohol
✔✔Common Nutritional Assessment Lab Test and Biochemical Tests - ✔✔Plasma
proteins-albumin , transferrin, pre-albumin, retinol-binding protein, total iron-binding
capacity, hemoglobin
✔✔Albumin is the best way to test for - ✔✔the amount of protein in the body
✔✔What is low albumin indicative of? - ✔✔not getting a proper amount of protein in the
diet
✔✔What is an advancing diet? - ✔✔The gradual progression of dietary intake or
therapeutic diet to manage illness
✔✔How to promote appetite - ✔✔clean the area and rid it of smells, alleviate pain, offer
small/frequent meals, medication, social aspect, appealing food choices
✔✔Ways to assist with oral feeding - ✔✔Food clock, Assistive utensils, Always
monitoring for chocking risk, Using a gradual implementation of diet to ensure their
stomach can handle it
✔✔Physical Signs of Nutritional Status - ✔✔General appearance, Weight, posture,
Muscles, General vitality, Hair, Skin
✔✔what is the 30 minute pre-eating rest period? - ✔✔no strenuous activity 30 minutes
prior to eating as it will cause them to become fatigued and they will not want to eat
✔✔Dysphagia - ✔✔swallowing issues
✔✔Explain feeding assitance - ✔✔Assess safety, independence and dignity, Clear tray
clutter, check aspiration risks, implement a 30 minute pre-eating rest period, move them
to a high fowlers position (chair or bed), tell them to put their head flexed slightly to chin
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is a tilt test? - ✔✔A tilt table test is when you lay on a table that adjusts your
body position from horizontal to vertical to simulate standing up while connected to
electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood pressure monitors
✔✔What is a dietary reference intake (DRI)? - ✔✔Acceptable range of quantities of
vitamins and minerals for each gender and age group
✔✔What are daily values? - ✔✔The daily needed amount of protein, vitamins, fats,
cholesterol, carbohydrates, fiber, sodium, and potassium
✔✔Foods to Increase - ✔✔Make half your plate fruits and vegetables, Make at least half
your grains whole grains, Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk
✔✔Foods to Reduce - ✔✔Compare sodium in foods like soup, bread, and frozen meals
― and choose the foods with lower numbers, Drink water instead of sugary drinks.
✔✔Explain Basil Metabolic Rate (BMR) - ✔✔makes up 60-70% of the calories we use
(burn / expend). Includes energy your body uses to maintain the basic function of your
living and breathing body, including: the beating of our heart and cell production
✔✔Explain Body Mass Index (BMI) - ✔✔high BMI indicates high body fatness. BMI
screens for weight categories that may lead to health problems but doesn't diagnose the
body fatness or health of an individual
✔✔How to calculate BMI - ✔✔persons wait in kg divided by the square of height in
meters
✔✔Explain Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) - ✔✔avg daily level of intake that is
sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all healthy people (97-98%)
✔✔Factors Affecting Nutrition - ✔✔Psychologic and Sociocultural
✔✔Physiologic factors affecting nutrition - ✔✔developmental considerations, cognitive
changes in patients, gender, state of health
✔✔Sociocultural factors affecting nutrition - ✔✔Religion (what types of food people can
eat and preparation preferences), economics, cultural factors
✔✔When assessing a patient's nutritional history ask about - ✔✔food preferences,
values regarding nutrition, and expectations from nutritional therapy
, ✔✔How to screen a patient's nutrition habits? - ✔✔By using a Mini Nutritional
Assessment (MNA)
✔✔Types of diet orders - ✔✔NPO (nothing by mouth), Clear liquids, Full liquids, Soft
(for those with difficulty chewing/swallowing; foods can be blended), Regular, Select
(carb count; sodium)
✔✔Compliant foods for a clear liquid diet - ✔✔Black coffee, water, clear jello, avoid
things that are red, broths, plain tea, ice pops
✔✔Non-compliant foods for a clear liquid diet - ✔✔dairy products or are cloudy; milk,
cream soups, fruit juices with pulp, vegetable juices, ice cream, alcohol
✔✔Common Nutritional Assessment Lab Test and Biochemical Tests - ✔✔Plasma
proteins-albumin , transferrin, pre-albumin, retinol-binding protein, total iron-binding
capacity, hemoglobin
✔✔Albumin is the best way to test for - ✔✔the amount of protein in the body
✔✔What is low albumin indicative of? - ✔✔not getting a proper amount of protein in the
diet
✔✔What is an advancing diet? - ✔✔The gradual progression of dietary intake or
therapeutic diet to manage illness
✔✔How to promote appetite - ✔✔clean the area and rid it of smells, alleviate pain, offer
small/frequent meals, medication, social aspect, appealing food choices
✔✔Ways to assist with oral feeding - ✔✔Food clock, Assistive utensils, Always
monitoring for chocking risk, Using a gradual implementation of diet to ensure their
stomach can handle it
✔✔Physical Signs of Nutritional Status - ✔✔General appearance, Weight, posture,
Muscles, General vitality, Hair, Skin
✔✔what is the 30 minute pre-eating rest period? - ✔✔no strenuous activity 30 minutes
prior to eating as it will cause them to become fatigued and they will not want to eat
✔✔Dysphagia - ✔✔swallowing issues
✔✔Explain feeding assitance - ✔✔Assess safety, independence and dignity, Clear tray
clutter, check aspiration risks, implement a 30 minute pre-eating rest period, move them
to a high fowlers position (chair or bed), tell them to put their head flexed slightly to chin
