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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






3. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






6. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






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






9. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






11. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






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






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






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






17. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






18. Sources of fats






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






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






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






22. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






24. What is normal albumin levels?






25. Where can you get more vitamin D?






26. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






27. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






29. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






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






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






35. What function is vitamin D?






36. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






37. When does BMR increase?






38. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






39. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






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






44. What is the function of vitamin E?






45. What is normal BMI?






46. What foods have high quality protein?






47. What does DASH stand for?






48. What is RDA of protein?






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






50. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?