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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. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






3. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






5. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






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






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






10. Sources of fats






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






12. What is normal albumin levels?






13. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






14. What foods have high quality protein?






15. What is RDA of protein?






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






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






18. Name six sources of grains






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What type of people need extra protein?






26. What is normal BMI?






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






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






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






30. What function is vitamin D?






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






32. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






34. Where can you get more vitamin D?






35. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






38. How many calories/gram is protein?






39. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






41. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






44. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






45. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






46. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






47. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






49. Fats can lead to some medical problems






50. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?