Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the questions that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.   A patient with anorexia nervosa is admitted to the hospital for medical treatment. The patient presents with severe malnutrition and evidence of organ dysfunction. Labs are drawn and continuous intravenous (IV) fluids are initiated. The RN prepares to initiate IV fluid therapy for the patient. Knowing the importance of cellular energy production, which of the following maintenance IV fluids would be most appropriate for the physician to order?   

Enzymes that are secreted (released) by a cell to hydrolyze reactions are called _____.    

Which of the following pathways are associated with decarboxylations?  

Which of the following are characteristics of protein oxidation?  

A functional group is a group of atoms that determines many of the properties of an organic molecule.  

Complete oxidative respiration of glucose among prokaryotes and eukaryotes results in the  production of ________  ATP molecules?    

For entrance into cellular respiration amino acids undergo enzymatic  __________ , which is the removal of the _________. The product of this process will be an organic acid metabolite.  

Mixed acid fermentation  

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the questions that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.   A 67-year-old patient with severe sepsis undergoes a full infectious workup upon admittance to the intensive care unit. Cultures of urine, blood, sputum, and cerebral spinal fluid are obtained. The cultures do not yield a specific organism, so further analysis of the sample is done to determine the characteristics of the microorganism. The organism’s metabolic processes are analyzed in the lab.   Biochemical testing reveals that the organism further reduces nitrite to produce nitrous oxide. Based on this byproduct, which of the following is the most likely catabolic pathway utilized by this organism?  

When glucose is broken down by glycolysis during bacterial fermentation, how many net ATPs are generated?