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NCLEX Nutrition

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






2. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






3. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






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






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






8. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






9. Fats can lead to some medical problems






10. What does DASH stand for?






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






12. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






13. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






16. Name six sources of grains






17. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






19. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






20. What type of people need extra protein?






21. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






22. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






23. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






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






26. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






27. When does BMR decrease?






28. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






30. What function is vitamin D?






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






32. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






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






35. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






38. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






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






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






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






44. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






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






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






48. Sources of fats






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






50. When does BMR increase?