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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






2. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






3. What foods have high quality protein?






4. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






5. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






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






9. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






10. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






12. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






14. What function is vitamin D?






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






16. What is RDA of protein?






17. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






18. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






19. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






21. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






23. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






24. The higher the BMR a client has --






25. Name six sources of grains






26. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






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






29. When does BMR decrease?






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






31. What does DASH stand for?






32. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






33. What is normal BMI?






34. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






35. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






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






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






39. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






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






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






44. What function is vitamin A?






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






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






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






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






49. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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