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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






2. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






3. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






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






6. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






7. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






10. What is normal albumin levels?






11. What does DASH stand for?






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






13. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






14. What is normal BMI?






15. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






16. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






18. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






20. What function is vitamin A?






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






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






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






24. Name six sources of grains






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






26. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






28. What are healthy sources of fats?






29. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






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






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






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






34. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






35. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






38. What is RDA of protein?






39. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






41. What function is vitamin D?






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






43. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






46. When does BMR increase?






47. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






49. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






50. How much meat/beans should be eaten?