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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






2. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






4. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






5. When does BMR increase?






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






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






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






9. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






10. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






11. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






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






15. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






18. The higher the BMR a client has --






19. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






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






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






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






25. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






27. What is the function of vitamin C?






28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






29. What type of people need extra protein?






30. Fats can lead to some medical problems






31. What is normal albumin levels?






32. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






33. Sources of fats






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






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






36. What are healthy sources of fats?






37. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






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






40. When does BMR decrease?






41. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






44. What is RDA of protein?






45. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






46. What is normal BMI?






47. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






50. What function is vitamin D?