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NCLEX Nutrition

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






2. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






3. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






5. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






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






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






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






11. Name six sources of grains






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






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






14. When does BMR increase?






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






16. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






19. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






21. What is RDA of protein?






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






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






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






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






26. Sources of fats






27. What is normal BMI?






28. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






31. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






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






34. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






36. What function is vitamin D?






37. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






39. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






42. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






43. Where can you get more vitamin D?






44. What is the function of vitamin E?






45. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






48. The higher the BMR a client has --






49. What is normal albumin levels?






50. What does DASH stand for?