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NCLEX Nutrition

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






2. What is normal BMI?






3. What type of people need extra protein?






4. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






5. What function is vitamin D?






6. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






9. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






11. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






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






16. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






18. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






21. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






22. How many calories/gram is protein?






23. What is RDA of protein?






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






25. When does BMR increase?






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






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






28. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






29. Where can you get more vitamin D?






30. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






33. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






35. What function is vitamin A?






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






37. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






38. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






40. What is the function of vitamin E?






41. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






43. Sources of fats






44. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






46. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






49. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






50. What orange vegetables are good to eat?