Lots of Diet /nutrition Questions???

in misery · Jun 18, 2005

For those of you who have ended the torture and taken the NCLEX....
Were there many diet questions such as diets for specific disease processes??
zander (D - Day 6/28

i only had one, but it wasn't really a diet question, it was more nutrition, about increasing vitamin c or something. I think it had to do with the liver, and the choices were something like, take more vit c, take tylenol when i don't feel well, call md if i get an infection (or something) and another one that i can't remember. I didn't have any specifics like the diet for CF or Gout or anything that i expected. i would still study them though. i did have a choose all that apply on the signs of a LEFT sided cva, so brush up on your brain stuff. I had a ton of peds disease processes and OB stuff. good luck.

KacyLynnRN · Jun 22, 2005

I had about 5 or 6 diet related questions. One on celiac disease diet, one on high potassium diet, one on low fat diet, one on diabetic diet. I think I got so many diet questions because I was getting them wrong. But I somehow still passed NCLEX-RN with 75 questions. Go figure!!!

pie123 · Jun 22, 2005

For those of you who have ended the torture and taken the NCLEX....
Were there many diet questions such as diets for specific disease processes??
zander (D - Day 6/28

I took it today & got questions about a diet for a patient with end-stage renal disease; one about foods to include in the diet for a client with Celiac sprue disease; one about a diet for a patient on Bumax. That's all I can remember. Good luck.

napoca · Jun 22, 2005

I took it today & got questions about a diet for a patient with end-stage renal disease; one about foods to include in the diet for a client with Celiac sprue disease; one about a diet for a patient on Bumax. That's all I can remember. Good luck.

Oh Pie, what is this?.... patient on Bumax ? Can you explain it ? I'll try to figure out ! Never heard about!

Good luck to you !

Gigglesforall, BSN, RN · Jun 22, 2005

I think I only got one directly related to diet and one that referred to weight reduction as part of the treatment plan.

pie123 · Jun 22, 2005

Oh Pie, what is this?.... patient on Bumax ? Can you explain it ? I'll try to figure out ! Never heard about!
Good luck to you !

Sorry, I spelled it incorrectly. It's Bumex. It's a loop diuretic.

dfree · Jul 6, 2009

Disease-related diets NCLEX

Acne : low fat

Acute gastroenteritis : clear liquid

Acute glomerulonephritis : low Sodium, low Protein

Addison disease : high Na, Low potassium

Anemia - iron deficiency : high iron

Anemia - pernicious : high protein, vitamin B

Anemia – sickle cell : high fluid

Angina pectoris : low cholesterol

Arthritis – gout : purine restricted

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) : finger foods

Bipolar disorder : finger foods

Burn : high calorie, high protein

Celiac's disease : gluten free

Cholecystitis : high protein, high carbohydrate, low fat

Congestive heart failure : low sodium, low cholesterol

Cretinism : high protein, high calcium

Crohn disease : high protein, high carbohydrate, low fat

Cushing disease : high potassium, low sodium

Cystic fibrosis : high calorie, high sodium

Cystitis : acid ash (for alkaline stones) and alkaline ash( for acid stones)

Decubitus ulcer : high protein, high vitamin C

Diabetes mellitus : well balanced diet

Diarrhea : high potassium, high sodium

Diverticulitis : low residue

Diverticulosis : high residue with no seeds

Dumping syndrome : high fat, high protein, dry food

Hepatic encephalopathy : low protein

Hepatitis : hight protein, high calorie

Hirschsprung disease : high calorie, low residue, high protein

Hyperparathyroidism : low calcium

Hypertension : salt restricted

Hyperthyroidism : high calorie, high protein

Hypoparathyroidism : high calcium, low phosphorus

Hypthyroidism : low calorie, low cholesterol, low saturated fat

Kawasakis' disease : clear liquid

Liver cirrhosis : low protein

Meniere's disease : low sodium

Myocardial infarction : low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium

Nephritic syndrome : low sodium, high protein, high calorie

Osteoporosis : high calcium, high vitamin D

Pancreatitis : low fat

Peptic ulcer : high fat, high carbohydrate, low protein

Phenylketonuria : low protein/phenylalanine

Pregnancy induced hypertension : high protein

Renal colic : low sodium, low protein

Renal failure – acute : low protein, high carbohydrate, low sodium (oliguric phase), high protein, high calorie, restricted fluid (diuretic phase)

Renal failure – chronic : low protein, low sodium, low potassium

Tonsillitis : clear liquid

CP1983, BSN, RN, APRN, NP · May 4, 2010

Thanks, this was a great help!!

caliotter3 · May 5, 2010

dfree provided an excellent list for quick review!

Bobbkat · May 5, 2010

I just took it on Saturday, and honestly can't tell you how many diet questions I had. It wasn't many, and mainly just 'patient on X drug, what can't they eat' type of things. It's so random anyways.....one of the previous posters, for example said that they had a ton of OB and peds questions. I had 1 OB question out of the 75 I was asked. I was bummed, since I'm really confident and comfortable with OB content, I would have rather had more. I had TONS of infection control and prioritization. Ah well, I passed, so that's all that counts.

PRN22 · May 10, 2010

I just took it on Saturday, and honestly can't tell you how many diet questions I had. It wasn't many, and mainly just 'patient on X drug, what can't they eat' type of things. It's so random anyways.....one of the previous posters, for example said that they had a ton of OB and peds questions. I had 1 OB question out of the 75 I was asked. I was bummed, since I'm really confident and comfortable with OB content, I would have rather had more. I had TONS of infection control and prioritization. Ah well, I passed, so that's all that counts.

Hi Bobbkat,

how did you study for the infection control, do you have to remember all the sign and symptom of infection disease, i have a hard time to remember s/sx. Any advise please... thanks