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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






4. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






5. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






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






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






8. The higher the BMR a client has --






9. What is the function of vitamin C?






10. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






11. What is RDA of protein?






12. What function is vitamin A?






13. What is the function of vitamin E?






14. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






15. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






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






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






19. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






20. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






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






22. When does BMR decrease?






23. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






24. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






25. What foods have high quality protein?






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






27. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






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






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






30. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






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






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






33. What type of people need extra protein?






34. What are healthy sources of fats?






35. What is normal BMI?






36. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






37. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






38. Fats can lead to some medical problems






39. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






40. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






41. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






42. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






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






44. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






45. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






46. What is normal albumin levels?






47. How many calories/gram is protein?






48. What does DASH stand for?






49. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






50. When does BMR increase?