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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






2. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






5. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






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






8. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






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






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






13. Sources of fats






14. When does BMR increase?






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






16. What are healthy sources of fats?






17. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






20. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






21. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






23. What is RDA of protein?






24. What is normal BMI?






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






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






27. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






28. What is the function of vitamin E?






29. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






31. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






32. Name six sources of grains






33. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






34. What function is vitamin A?






35. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






36. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






38. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






40. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






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






44. What is the function of vitamin C?






45. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






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






47. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






50. What does DASH stand for?