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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






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






5. What is normal BMI?






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






7. What is normal albumin levels?






8. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






9. What is RDA of protein?






10. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






13. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






16. Sources of fats






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






18. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






20. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






22. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






24. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






26. What type of people need extra protein?






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






28. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






30. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






31. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






33. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






34. Name six sources of grains






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






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






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






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






39. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






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






43. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






46. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






47. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






48. What is the function of vitamin E?






49. When does BMR decrease?






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







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