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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. Name six sources of grains






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






3. What function is vitamin A?






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






5. What is the function of vitamin C?






6. What does DASH stand for?






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






8. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






10. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






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






13. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






15. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






18. Sources of fats






19. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






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






22. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






25. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






28. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






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






31. What function is vitamin D?






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






33. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






34. How many calories/gram is protein?






35. What type of people need extra protein?






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






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






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






39. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






42. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






43. What is RDA of protein?






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






45. Where can you get more vitamin D?






46. When does BMR increase?






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






48. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






50. What is normal albumin levels?