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NCLEX Nutrition

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






2. What foods have high quality protein?






3. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






4. What is normal albumin levels?






5. Sources of fats






6. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






7. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






10. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






12. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






15. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






17. What type of people need extra protein?






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






19. When does BMR increase?






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






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






22. What is the function of vitamin E?






23. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






24. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






27. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






30. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






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






33. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






35. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






36. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






37. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






39. What function is vitamin A?






40. Where can you get more vitamin D?






41. What is RDA of protein?






42. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






45. What does DASH stand for?






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






47. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






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






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