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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. Name six sources of grains






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






3. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






5. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






6. What is normal BMI?






7. Fats can lead to some medical problems






8. What foods have high quality protein?






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






10. What is the function of vitamin C?






11. When does BMR decrease?






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






13. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






15. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






16. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






18. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






20. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






21. Sources of fats






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






23. What is RDA of protein?






24. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






26. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






27. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






30. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






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






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






35. What type of people need extra protein?






36. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






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






47. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






49. How many calories/gram is protein?






50. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?