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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many calories/gram is protein?






2. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






4. What type of people need extra protein?






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






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






7. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






8. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






11. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






12. What function is vitamin A?






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






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






15. What does DASH stand for?






16. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






18. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






21. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






23. Name six sources of grains






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






25. Sources of fats






26. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






28. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






30. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






32. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






34. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






35. When does BMR increase?






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






37. What is normal albumin levels?






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






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






40. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






42. What is RDA of protein?






43. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






45. When does BMR decrease?






46. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






48. The higher the BMR a client has --






49. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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