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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What does DASH stand for?






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






10. What function is vitamin D?






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






12. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






14. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






15. Where can you get more vitamin D?






16. The higher the BMR a client has --






17. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






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






20. What is normal BMI?






21. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






22. What type of people need extra protein?






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






24. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






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






28. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






29. How many calories/gram is protein?






30. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






31. What is the function of vitamin E?






32. When does BMR increase?






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






34. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






35. What is RDA of protein?






36. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






38. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






40. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






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






43. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






45. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






47. When does BMR decrease?






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






49. What is the function of vitamin C?






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