Basic Pharmacology for Nurses Ch 46
Nutrition Test Bank Questions and
Correct Answers.
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) - Answer Provides quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes
for planning and assessing diets
Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) - Answer A nutrient intake value that is estimated to
meet the requirement of half of the healthy individuals in a group
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - Answer A list of average daily dietary intake level
that meets the nutrient requirements of almost all healthy individuals in a group
Adequate Intake (AI) - Answer Value based on observed, or experimentally, determined
approximations of nutrient intake by a group of healthy people
Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) - Answer The highest level of daily nutrient intake that is
likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects
Estimated Energy Requirement (EER) - Answer The average dietary energy intake that is
predicted to maintain energy balance in healthy adults
Marasmus - Answer The most common form of malnutrition in hospitalized patients
Kwashiorkor - Answer A protein deficiency that develops when little or no protein is in the diet
The nurse reviewed the essential macro nutrients needed by the body with a patient scenario
#1. Which nutrients does the nurse discuss? (select all that apply.)
1. Fats.
2. Dietary fiber.
3. Water.
4. Protein
, The nurse educated the patient in scenario #1 on their diet with regards to the recommended
primary source of fats. Which fat sources suggested by the nurse are considered healthy
unsaturated fats? ( Select all that apply.)
1. Coconut oil.
2. Olive oil.
3. Peanut oil.
4. Canola oil.
5. Soybean oil. - Answer 2. Olive oil.
3. Peanut oil.
4. Canola oil.
5. Soybean oil.
The nurse knows that there are fat sources which have no known nutritional benefit. Which
types of fats does this refer to?
1. Trans fats
2. Saturated fats.
3. Polyunsaturated fats.
4. Monounsaturated fats.
5. Plant sources of fats. - Answer 1. Trans fats
2. Saturated fats
The scenario #1 ask the nurse what was meant by dietary fiber and where it comes from. Which
statements by the nurse should be included in the answer? (Select all that apply.)
1. "a lot of the dietary fiber comes from vegetables and legumes."
2. "There are two types of fiber; functional fiber, and dietary fiber."
3. "Dietary fiber has both indigestible and digestible carbohydrates."
4. "Undigestible fiber has not beneficial effect."
5. "functional fiber may delay gastric, emptying, an contributes to weight control." - Answer 1.
"a lot of the dietary fiber comes from vegetables and legumes."
2. "There are two types of fiber; functional fiber, and dietary fiber."
Nutrition Test Bank Questions and
Correct Answers.
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) - Answer Provides quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes
for planning and assessing diets
Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) - Answer A nutrient intake value that is estimated to
meet the requirement of half of the healthy individuals in a group
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - Answer A list of average daily dietary intake level
that meets the nutrient requirements of almost all healthy individuals in a group
Adequate Intake (AI) - Answer Value based on observed, or experimentally, determined
approximations of nutrient intake by a group of healthy people
Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) - Answer The highest level of daily nutrient intake that is
likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects
Estimated Energy Requirement (EER) - Answer The average dietary energy intake that is
predicted to maintain energy balance in healthy adults
Marasmus - Answer The most common form of malnutrition in hospitalized patients
Kwashiorkor - Answer A protein deficiency that develops when little or no protein is in the diet
The nurse reviewed the essential macro nutrients needed by the body with a patient scenario
#1. Which nutrients does the nurse discuss? (select all that apply.)
1. Fats.
2. Dietary fiber.
3. Water.
4. Protein
, The nurse educated the patient in scenario #1 on their diet with regards to the recommended
primary source of fats. Which fat sources suggested by the nurse are considered healthy
unsaturated fats? ( Select all that apply.)
1. Coconut oil.
2. Olive oil.
3. Peanut oil.
4. Canola oil.
5. Soybean oil. - Answer 2. Olive oil.
3. Peanut oil.
4. Canola oil.
5. Soybean oil.
The nurse knows that there are fat sources which have no known nutritional benefit. Which
types of fats does this refer to?
1. Trans fats
2. Saturated fats.
3. Polyunsaturated fats.
4. Monounsaturated fats.
5. Plant sources of fats. - Answer 1. Trans fats
2. Saturated fats
The scenario #1 ask the nurse what was meant by dietary fiber and where it comes from. Which
statements by the nurse should be included in the answer? (Select all that apply.)
1. "a lot of the dietary fiber comes from vegetables and legumes."
2. "There are two types of fiber; functional fiber, and dietary fiber."
3. "Dietary fiber has both indigestible and digestible carbohydrates."
4. "Undigestible fiber has not beneficial effect."
5. "functional fiber may delay gastric, emptying, an contributes to weight control." - Answer 1.
"a lot of the dietary fiber comes from vegetables and legumes."
2. "There are two types of fiber; functional fiber, and dietary fiber."
