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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






2. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






3. Name six sources of grains






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






5. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






8. What is normal BMI?






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






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






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






12. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






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






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






16. What does DASH stand for?






17. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






19. The higher the BMR a client has --






20. What is the function of vitamin E?






21. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






22. What function is vitamin D?






23. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






24. What foods have high quality protein?






25. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






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






29. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






30. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






31. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






34. When does BMR increase?






35. What is RDA of protein?






36. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






37. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






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






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






42. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






43. What are healthy sources of fats?






44. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






46. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






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