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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is normal albumin levels?






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






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






4. What is normal BMI?






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






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






7. What is RDA of protein?






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






9. When does BMR increase?






10. Sources of fats






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






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






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






14. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






16. What is the function of vitamin E?






17. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






19. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






21. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






22. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






23. What function is vitamin D?






24. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






26. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






27. What function is vitamin A?






28. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






30. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






31. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






33. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






34. When does BMR decrease?






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






36. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






38. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






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






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






49. What foods have high quality protein?






50. How much meat/beans should be eaten?