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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






3. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






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






6. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






7. How many calories/gram is protein?






8. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






9. What is normal BMI?






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






11. What function is vitamin A?






12. Name six sources of grains






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






14. What type of people need extra protein?






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






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






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






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






19. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






20. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






21. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






22. What is RDA of protein?






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






31. When does BMR decrease?






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






33. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






36. Sources of fats






37. What does DASH stand for?






38. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






39. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






40. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






41. What is normal albumin levels?






42. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






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






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






46. What are healthy sources of fats?






47. What is the function of vitamin E?






48. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






50. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?