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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






3. What are healthy sources of fats?






4. What does DASH stand for?






5. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






8. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






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






12. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






13. What is normal albumin levels?






14. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






15. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






16. What function is vitamin A?






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






18. What is the function of vitamin E?






19. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






20. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






21. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






23. What type of people need extra protein?






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






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






26. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






27. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






29. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






31. Sources of fats






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






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






34. What is normal BMI?






35. When does BMR increase?






36. What is RDA of protein?






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






38. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






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






42. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






43. The higher the BMR a client has --






44. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






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






48. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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