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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






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






3. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






4. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






6. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. How many calories/gram is protein?






14. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






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






17. What is the function of vitamin C?






18. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






20. The higher the BMR a client has --






21. What foods have high quality protein?






22. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






25. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






26. When does BMR increase?






27. What is normal BMI?






28. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






29. What is the function of vitamin E?






30. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






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






34. What are healthy sources of fats?






35. Name six sources of grains






36. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






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






40. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






42. What type of people need extra protein?






43. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






44. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






45. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






48. Where can you get more vitamin D?






49. When does BMR decrease?






50. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this