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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. Name six sources of grains






2. What is normal albumin levels?






3. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






5. What does DASH stand for?






6. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






7. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






8. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






12. What is normal BMI?






13. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






14. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






16. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






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






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






21. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






22. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






23. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






26. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






27. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






28. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






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






32. What type of people need extra protein?






33. What is the function of vitamin E?






34. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






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






37. When does BMR increase?






38. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






41. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






42. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






43. Sources of fats






44. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






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






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






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






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