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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






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






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






4. What is the function of vitamin C?






5. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






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






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






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






11. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






12. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






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






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






17. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






18. What function is vitamin A?






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






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






21. What foods have high quality protein?






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






23. Sources of fats






24. What is normal albumin levels?






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






26. What is RDA of protein?






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






34. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






35. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






36. Fats can lead to some medical problems






37. How many calories/gram is protein?






38. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






39. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






40. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






43. What type of people need extra protein?






44. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






45. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






47. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






49. What does DASH stand for?






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