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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






2. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






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






6. What function is vitamin A?






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






8. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






9. The higher the BMR a client has --






10. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






19. What type of people need extra protein?






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






21. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






22. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






23. What is RDA of protein?






24. Name six sources of grains






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






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






27. Fats can lead to some medical problems






28. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






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






32. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






33. What function is vitamin D?






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






35. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






36. When does BMR decrease?






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






38. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






39. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






40. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






41. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






43. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






44. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






45. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






47. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






49. Sources of fats






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