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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






4. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






5. What are healthy sources of fats?






6. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






8. What is normal BMI?






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






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






11. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






13. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






14. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






16. What function is vitamin A?






17. Name six sources of grains






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






19. Sources of fats






20. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






22. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






23. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






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






26. What foods have high quality protein?






27. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






28. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






31. What is RDA of protein?






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






33. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






34. What is the function of vitamin E?






35. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






36. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






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






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






42. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






43. What does DASH stand for?






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






45. What is normal albumin levels?






46. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






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






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