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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






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






4. What does DASH stand for?






5. When does BMR increase?






6. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






7. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






10. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






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






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






15. What is normal BMI?






16. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






17. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






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






21. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






22. Fats can lead to some medical problems






23. What is the function of vitamin E?






24. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






26. What type of people need extra protein?






27. What is RDA of protein?






28. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






29. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






31. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






33. What function is vitamin D?






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






35. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






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






39. Name six sources of grains






40. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






43. The higher the BMR a client has --






44. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






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






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






48. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






49. What is normal albumin levels?






50. What function is vitamin A?