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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






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






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






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






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






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






7. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






16. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






18. What type of people need extra protein?






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






20. What is normal BMI?






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






22. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






24. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






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






27. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






28. Fats can lead to some medical problems






29. What does DASH stand for?






30. How many calories/gram is protein?






31. What is the function of vitamin C?






32. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






33. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






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






36. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






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






40. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






41. What is RDA of protein?






42. What function is vitamin A?






43. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






44. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






45. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






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






49. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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