Clinical
Suspected nutrient deficiency for a patient with elevated MCV and diagnosis of megaloblastic anemia.
What is folic acid?
Program recommendatoin for an 85-year-old woman is being discharged from the hospital after fracturing her hip. She has a low income and is now unable to drive.
What is Meals on Wheels?
Type of flour best used when preparing muffins.
What is all-purpose flour?
The amount of fixed costs in the following situation. Senior management has requested foodservice, "get control of costs." Sales to date are $33,500. Inventory on hand is $17,800. Monthly building insurance is $175. Temporary staffing expense $630.50 for January. Meals sold in January: 3,245. Meals sold in February: 2,985. Labor cost per meal is $1.09. Napkins and plastic utensils used for box lunches sold in the cafeteria for the year $185.75.
What is $175.00?
The only fixed cost, for February, given in the problem is monthly building insurance.
Fixed costs remain constant regardless of the level of production. The problem states monthly building insurance is $175.00.
The study group in the study that you are conducting to evaluate the effects of a high fat diet on blood triglyceride levels of obese women.
A patient should avoid charcuterie when taking this type of medication.
What is MAO inhibitor?
The nation’s largest nutrition assistance program.
What is Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program?
Type of food borne illness generally associated unpasteurized milk, soft cheese, and lunch meat.
What is Listeriosis?
The amount of broccoli you need to purchase in the following situation: As the newly hired food service director for a long-term care facility, you are concerned with costs and portion control. The line cook says he needs to prepare 375-4 oz. portions of broccoli. You note broccoli has a waste of 19%.
What is 116 lbs?
This question is asking you to calculate the AP (As Purchased) amount needed. The AP amount is the amount of product needed including unusable items. To calculate: 100% - 19% (waste) = 81% yield; 375 portions x 4 oz = 1500 oz; 1500 divided by .81 = 1852; 1852 oz divided by 16 oz/lb = 116 lbs.
The independent variable in the study that you are conducting to evaluate the effects of a high fat diet on blood triglyceride levels of obese women.
What is high fat diet?
Rate needed for a continuous tube feeding for a patient that requires 1800 calories, prescribed a 1.5 kcal/ml formula at full strength.
What is 50 ml/hr?
Entity oversees the National School Lunch program?
What is the USDA?
The color red cabbage changes to when you add baking soda during cooking causing the color pigment anthocyanin to change.
What is blue?
The total variable cost of sandwiches sold last month in the following situation:
You are reviewing some financial information for ABC Food Service. Current Assets are $95,000. Sandwich sales last month totaled $67,500. Fixed costs last month were $12,000. Variable cost per sandwich was $3.00 and each sandwich sells for $5.00 a piece. Last month $16,730 was spent on new kitchen equipment.
What is $40,500?
Total variable cost of sandwiches sold last month is $40,500. *13,500 sandwiches sold multiplied by $3.00 variable cost = $40,500. *To determine number of sandwiches sold: Sales $67,500 divided by $5.00 per sandwich sold = 13,500.
The following is an example of: A glucometer is checked for accuracy by correlating the readings to serum glucose levels. Repeatedly, the readings are precisely the same.
What is validity?
Nutrient that may not be absorbed for a patient with a non-functioning ileum.
What is Vitamin B12?
Type of program for patients with pre-diabetes to reduce their risk of developing diabetes. (hint: 1, 2, 3)
What is secondary prevention program?
Type of food borne illness of concern in the following situation: The evening cook discovers your holding oven to be malfunctioning and as a result, the beef entree temperature is 120 degrees F.
What is Clostridium perfringens?
The number of 4 oz portions that will be prepared in the following situation: You have purchased 35 pounds of green beans with a 23% waste.
What is 107, 4 oz. portions?
Asking for the edible portion. To calculate determine yield (100 - 23% = 77% yield); multiply 35 lbs (AP) by 77% (yield) = 26.95 lbs; 26.95 lbs x 16 oz/lb = 431.2 oz divided by 4 oz. serving = 107-4 oz. portions.
What you would call a dietary assessment instrument that provides the same results when it is administered to the same person several times within a short time frame.
What is reliable?
Issue that a patient with diabetes is experiencing due to ketosis and a reduced pCO2.
What is Metabolic Acidosis?
Program that provides nutrition education to low income populations to reduce nutrition insecurity of families and youth.
What is Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)?
You are teaching a cooking class on how to add flavor to foods without adding salt. When cooking green beans, you add lemon juice which turns the vegetable olive green. The chlorophyll pigment has come into contact with an acid and as a result the pigment has chemically changed to this.
What is pheophytin?
The number of FTEs required in the following situation:
A school foodservice expects to serve 31,250 meals to students and an additional 7,500 meals to staff and visitors during the month of September. It has been established that this foodservice produces 14 meals per hour of labor.
What is 16 FTE?
To calculate FTEs (Full Time Equivalent) required for the month of September: add the number of total meals (31,250 + 7,500 = 38,750); divide total meals by meals produced per hour of labor 38,750 divided by 14 meals per hour = 2,768 hours; divide labor hours by the number of hours a FTE works each month (2080 hours per year divided by 12 months per year = 173) 2,768 hours divided by 173 hours per month = 16 FTEs
The parameter being tested in the following:
A new, minimally invasive screening test for colon cancer correctly identifies 88% of individuals who do in fact have colon cancer.
What is Sensitivity?