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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






3. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






4. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






6. What is the function of vitamin C?






7. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






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






10. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






12. What function is vitamin A?






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






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






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






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






17. Fats can lead to some medical problems






18. What foods have high quality protein?






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






20. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






21. What function is vitamin D?






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






23. What is the function of vitamin E?






24. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






26. When does BMR increase?






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






28. What is normal BMI?






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






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






31. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






32. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






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






36. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






37. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






40. Name six sources of grains






41. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






42. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






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






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






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






47. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






49. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






50. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?