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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






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






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






5. When does BMR decrease?






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






7. What function is vitamin D?






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






9. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






11. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






13. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






14. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






15. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






16. Name six sources of grains






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






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






19. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






20. What function is vitamin A?






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






22. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






23. What are healthy sources of fats?






24. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






25. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






26. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






28. What is normal albumin levels?






29. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






30. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






33. What does DASH stand for?






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






35. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. How many calories/gram is protein?






43. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






46. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






48. What type of people need extra protein?






49. What is the function of vitamin E?






50. What is normal BMI?