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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






2. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






3. What type of people need extra protein?






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






5. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






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






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






16. What is RDA of protein?






17. When does BMR increase?






18. What does DASH stand for?






19. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






20. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






23. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






26. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






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






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






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






32. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






33. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






34. What foods have high quality protein?






35. What is the function of vitamin E?






36. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






38. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






39. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






42. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






43. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






45. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






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






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






50. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram