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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






2. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






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






5. What is normal albumin levels?






6. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






7. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






8. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






9. Name six sources of grains






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






11. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






12. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






14. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






15. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






16. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






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






20. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






22. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






23. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






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






27. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






29. Where can you get more vitamin D?






30. Sources of fats






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






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






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






34. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






36. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






37. What foods have high quality protein?






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






39. What type of people need extra protein?






40. When does BMR decrease?






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






42. What function is vitamin A?






43. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






45. When does BMR increase?






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






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






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






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






50. How many calories/gram is protein?