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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






2. How many calories/gram is protein?






3. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






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






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






8. Sources of fats






9. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






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






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






15. What is normal BMI?






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






17. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






18. What is RDA of protein?






19. What is normal albumin levels?






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






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






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






23. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






24. Fats can lead to some medical problems






25. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






27. When does BMR increase?






28. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






30. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






33. When does BMR decrease?






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






35. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






37. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






38. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






40. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






42. What type of people need extra protein?






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






44. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






45. What is the function of vitamin C?






46. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






47. What is the function of vitamin E?






48. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






49. What does DASH stand for?






50. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?