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NCLEX Nutrition

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






2. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






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






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






7. What foods have high quality protein?






8. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






10. What type of people need extra protein?






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






12. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






14. When does BMR decrease?






15. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






17. What is RDA of protein?






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






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






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






21. Where can you get more vitamin D?






22. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






24. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






26. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






28. Sources of fats






29. What is normal BMI?






30. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






31. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






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






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






36. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






39. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






42. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






43. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






44. What is the function of vitamin E?






45. What is normal albumin levels?






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






47. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






48. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






50. The higher the BMR a client has --







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