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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 type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






3. What type of people need extra protein?






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






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






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






7. Sources of fats






8. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






9. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






10. What foods have high quality protein?






11. What is the function of vitamin C?






12. What is RDA of protein?






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






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






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






16. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






17. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






18. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






19. The higher the BMR a client has --






20. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






22. What is normal BMI?






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






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






25. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






28. What is normal albumin levels?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






39. Name six sources of grains






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






41. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






43. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






46. What function is vitamin D?






47. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






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