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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






2. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






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






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






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






8. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






9. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






10. Where can you get more vitamin D?






11. What is RDA of protein?






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






13. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






15. What is normal albumin levels?






16. What is normal BMI?






17. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






18. What does DASH stand for?






19. Fats can lead to some medical problems






20. What type of people need extra protein?






21. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






23. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






25. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






27. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






29. What function is vitamin A?






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






31. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






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






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






36. How many calories/gram is protein?






37. What is the function of vitamin E?






38. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






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






43. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






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






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






50. How much sodium may be consumed per day?