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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






2. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






3. What function is vitamin D?






4. Sources of fats






5. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






6. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






7. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






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






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






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






13. Where can you get more vitamin D?






14. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






16. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






19. What is normal BMI?






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






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






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






23. Name six sources of grains






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






25. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






27. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






28. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






30. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






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






33. What is the function of vitamin E?






34. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






38. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






39. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






40. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






42. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






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






46. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






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






50. What is RDA of protein?