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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What function is vitamin D?






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






3. What is normal albumin levels?






4. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






5. What foods have high quality protein?






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






7. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






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






10. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






11. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






12. What is RDA of protein?






13. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






14. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






16. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






20. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






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






23. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






24. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






25. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






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






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






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






31. What is normal BMI?






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






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






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






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






36. Name six sources of grains






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






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






39. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






42. Sources of fats






43. What function is vitamin A?






44. When does BMR increase?






45. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






46. How many calories/gram is protein?






47. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






49. What is the function of vitamin E?






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