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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






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






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






4. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






6. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






7. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






8. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






10. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






13. Where can you get more vitamin D?






14. What type of people need extra protein?






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






16. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






18. What is RDA of protein?






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






20. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






23. What does DASH stand for?






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






25. What is normal BMI?






26. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






28. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






31. Name six sources of grains






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






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






34. What function is vitamin A?






35. What is normal albumin levels?






36. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






38. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






40. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






42. What foods have high quality protein?






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






44. Sources of fats






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






46. What function is vitamin D?






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






48. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






49. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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