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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What function is vitamin A?






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






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






4. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






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






7. What is normal BMI?






8. Sources of fats






9. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






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






12. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






13. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






14. Where can you get more vitamin D?






15. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






23. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






26. Name six sources of grains






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






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






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






30. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






33. What is the function of vitamin C?






34. What does DASH stand for?






35. What type of people need extra protein?






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






37. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






38. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






39. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






40. Fats can lead to some medical problems






41. What foods have high quality protein?






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






43. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






47. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






50. What function is vitamin D?