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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the function of vitamin E?






2. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






4. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






5. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






6. What are healthy sources of fats?






7. Where can you get more vitamin D?






8. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






11. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






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






14. What foods have high quality protein?






15. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






16. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






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






19. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






22. What is normal albumin levels?






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






24. Sources of fats






25. What function is vitamin D?






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






27. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






30. Fats can lead to some medical problems






31. What type of people need extra protein?






32. Name six sources of grains






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






34. When does BMR increase?






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






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






37. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






38. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






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






42. What does DASH stand for?






43. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






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






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






49. What is the function of vitamin C?






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