SCHOOL OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
NURSING NUTRITION FINAL EXAMINATION – 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH CORRECT RATIONALES
| HIGHER TIER EXAM
PASS GUARANTEED | GRADE A+
When teaching a class about malnutrition, the nurse describes that physiologic changes during
the starvation process occur in which order?
1. Selective use of carbohydrates to meet metabolic needs.
2. Depletion of carbohydrates stored
3. Gluconeogenesis
4. Utilization of fat stored
5. Depletion of protein
The development of diarrhea in a patient receiving enteral feedings may be associated with
which cause?
Certain medications
Excessively quick rate of feeding
low-fiber formula
Contamination of formula
,The nurse recognizes that parenteral nutrition is often prescribed for which patient condition?
Complicated surgery
Severe malabsorption
Gastrointestinal obstruction
The nurse reviews a medication profile and suspects that which medication is the cause of
patient assessment findings that include fever, nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, and increased
basic metabolic rate (BMR)?
Antibiotics
Which causative factor would the nurse suspect when a patient who is receiving enteral
nutrition develops constipation?
Decreased fluid intake
Limited fiber content in the formula
The nurse identifies that patients with which condition are at increased risk for malnutrition?
Burns
Dementia
Depression
Chronic alcohol use
,Which finding would the nurse expect when assessing the eyes of a patient with malnutrition?
Pale conjunctiva
Fissuring of the eyelid cornea
Blood vessel growth in the cornea
Gray keratinized epithelium on the conjunctiva
The nurse reviews the medication profile of patient with malnutrition and identifies which drug
as contributing to the condition?
Corticosteroid
Which risk factor for eating disorders would the nurse include in a class about nutrition
problems?
Anxiety
Perfectionism
Limited social network
Muscle dysmorphia
Which laboratory test result would the nurse expect for a patient with malnutrition?
Elevated potassium level
Decreased serum level of fat-soluble vitamins
When discussing the impact of inflammation during a nutrition class, the nurse describes which
event that is result of cytokine changes?
, Decreased insulin secretion
Decreased albumin production
Increased protein breakdown
Increased skeletal muscle breakdown
Increased basal metabolic rate (BMR)
Which assessment finding would the nurse expect in a patient with malnutrition?
Infection
Anemia
Delayed would healing
Wasted and flabby muscle
Which patient would the nurse identify as being at increased risk for malnutrition?
A 55- year old who has been consuming alcohol for 35 years.
Which information about prealbumin and albumin included in an education module about
malnutrition would the nurse question?
They are positive acute phase proteins.
Which manifestations of potassium deficiency would the nurse expect in a patient with anorexia
nervosa?
Renal failure
Muscle weakness
DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
NURSING NUTRITION FINAL EXAMINATION – 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH CORRECT RATIONALES
| HIGHER TIER EXAM
PASS GUARANTEED | GRADE A+
When teaching a class about malnutrition, the nurse describes that physiologic changes during
the starvation process occur in which order?
1. Selective use of carbohydrates to meet metabolic needs.
2. Depletion of carbohydrates stored
3. Gluconeogenesis
4. Utilization of fat stored
5. Depletion of protein
The development of diarrhea in a patient receiving enteral feedings may be associated with
which cause?
Certain medications
Excessively quick rate of feeding
low-fiber formula
Contamination of formula
,The nurse recognizes that parenteral nutrition is often prescribed for which patient condition?
Complicated surgery
Severe malabsorption
Gastrointestinal obstruction
The nurse reviews a medication profile and suspects that which medication is the cause of
patient assessment findings that include fever, nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, and increased
basic metabolic rate (BMR)?
Antibiotics
Which causative factor would the nurse suspect when a patient who is receiving enteral
nutrition develops constipation?
Decreased fluid intake
Limited fiber content in the formula
The nurse identifies that patients with which condition are at increased risk for malnutrition?
Burns
Dementia
Depression
Chronic alcohol use
,Which finding would the nurse expect when assessing the eyes of a patient with malnutrition?
Pale conjunctiva
Fissuring of the eyelid cornea
Blood vessel growth in the cornea
Gray keratinized epithelium on the conjunctiva
The nurse reviews the medication profile of patient with malnutrition and identifies which drug
as contributing to the condition?
Corticosteroid
Which risk factor for eating disorders would the nurse include in a class about nutrition
problems?
Anxiety
Perfectionism
Limited social network
Muscle dysmorphia
Which laboratory test result would the nurse expect for a patient with malnutrition?
Elevated potassium level
Decreased serum level of fat-soluble vitamins
When discussing the impact of inflammation during a nutrition class, the nurse describes which
event that is result of cytokine changes?
, Decreased insulin secretion
Decreased albumin production
Increased protein breakdown
Increased skeletal muscle breakdown
Increased basal metabolic rate (BMR)
Which assessment finding would the nurse expect in a patient with malnutrition?
Infection
Anemia
Delayed would healing
Wasted and flabby muscle
Which patient would the nurse identify as being at increased risk for malnutrition?
A 55- year old who has been consuming alcohol for 35 years.
Which information about prealbumin and albumin included in an education module about
malnutrition would the nurse question?
They are positive acute phase proteins.
Which manifestations of potassium deficiency would the nurse expect in a patient with anorexia
nervosa?
Renal failure
Muscle weakness
