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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






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






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






5. What is normal BMI?






6. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






8. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






9. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






10. What is RDA of protein?






11. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






12. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






14. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






17. What function is vitamin A?






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






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






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






21. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






22. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






23. What does DASH stand for?






24. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






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






27. When does BMR increase?






28. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






29. Name six sources of grains






30. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






38. What is normal albumin levels?






39. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






42. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






45. The higher the BMR a client has --






46. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






49. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






50. When does BMR decrease?