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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What are healthy sources of fats?






2. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






3. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






4. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






5. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






6. What type of people need extra protein?






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






8. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






9. What function is vitamin A?






10. What foods have high quality protein?






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






12. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






14. When does BMR decrease?






15. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






18. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






19. Name six sources of grains






20. What is normal BMI?






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






22. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






25. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






26. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






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






30. What is RDA of protein?






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






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






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






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






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






36. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






37. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






39. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






40. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






48. What is normal albumin levels?






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






50. Sources of fats