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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






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






3. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






4. What function is vitamin A?






5. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






13. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






14. When does BMR increase?






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






16. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






17. What is the function of vitamin E?






18. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






20. What is the function of vitamin C?






21. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






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






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






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






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






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






27. What does DASH stand for?






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






29. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






30. What type of people need extra protein?






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






32. What is normal albumin levels?






33. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






37. What foods have high quality protein?






38. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






39. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






41. Fats can lead to some medical problems






42. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






44. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






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






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






49. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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