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NCLEX Nutrition

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






2. Where can you get more vitamin D?






3. Sources of fats






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






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






6. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






7. Name six sources of grains






8. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






9. What function is vitamin A?






10. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






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






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






15. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






16. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






17. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






18. When does BMR increase?






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






20. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






23. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






24. The higher the BMR a client has --






25. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






26. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






29. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






30. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






34. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






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






37. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






40. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






42. What function is vitamin D?






43. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






44. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






46. What is normal BMI?






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






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






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






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