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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






2. What is RDA of protein?






3. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






4. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






5. What does DASH stand for?






6. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






7. Name six sources of grains






8. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






9. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






10. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






11. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






12. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






13. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






14. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






15. What function is vitamin D?






16. What are healthy sources of fats?






17. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






18. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






19. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






20. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






21. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






22. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






23. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






24. Sources of fats






25. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






26. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






27. How many calories/gram is protein?






28. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






29. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






30. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






31. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






32. When does BMR decrease?






33. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






34. What is the function of vitamin E?






35. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






36. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






37. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






38. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






39. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






40. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






41. Fats can lead to some medical problems






42. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






43. What foods have high quality protein?






44. Where can you get more vitamin D?






45. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






46. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






47. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






48. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






49. The higher the BMR a client has --






50. What is normal albumin levels?