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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






2. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






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






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






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






7. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. What is the function of vitamin E?






15. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






17. What does DASH stand for?






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






19. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






22. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






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






25. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






27. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






29. What function is vitamin D?






30. What is normal BMI?






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






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






33. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






34. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






37. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






38. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






40. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






42. When does BMR increase?






43. What type of people need extra protein?






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






45. What is RDA of protein?






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






47. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






48. What foods have high quality protein?






49. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






50. When does BMR decrease?