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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






3. What type of people need extra protein?






4. How many calories/gram is protein?






5. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






7. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






8. When does BMR decrease?






9. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






10. What function is vitamin A?






11. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






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






15. What is the function of vitamin E?






16. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






17. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






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






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






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






23. When does BMR increase?






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






25. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






28. What is normal albumin levels?






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






30. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






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






33. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






35. Name six sources of grains






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






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






38. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






39. The higher the BMR a client has --






40. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






41. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






44. What function is vitamin D?






45. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






47. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






49. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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







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