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NCLEX Nutrition

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






2. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






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






6. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






7. What function is vitamin A?






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






9. What foods have high quality protein?






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






11. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






12. What is the function of vitamin E?






13. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






14. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






15. When does BMR increase?






16. What is normal BMI?






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






18. What function is vitamin D?






19. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






21. What are healthy sources of fats?






22. How many calories/gram is protein?






23. What is RDA of protein?






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






25. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






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






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






30. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






32. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






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






35. Sources of fats






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






37. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






40. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






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






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






45. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






46. What is the function of vitamin C?






47. When does BMR decrease?






48. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






49. What is normal albumin levels?






50. What orange vegetables are good to eat?