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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






3. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






4. Sources of fats






5. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






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






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






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






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






11. What function is vitamin A?






12. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






13. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






15. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






16. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






17. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






19. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






20. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






22. When does BMR decrease?






23. What foods have high quality protein?






24. When does BMR increase?






25. What type of people need extra protein?






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






27. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






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






31. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






34. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






37. How many calories/gram is protein?






38. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






40. What is normal BMI?






41. What is normal albumin levels?






42. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






43. Name six sources of grains






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






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






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






47. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






50. What function is vitamin D?