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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






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






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






5. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






7. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






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






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






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






11. The higher the BMR a client has --






12. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






15. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






16. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






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






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






21. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






23. What type of people need extra protein?






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






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






26. What is the function of vitamin E?






27. Sources of fats






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






29. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






30. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






32. Name six sources of grains






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






40. What is normal BMI?






41. Where can you get more vitamin D?






42. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






43. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






44. What is the function of vitamin C?






45. What is RDA of protein?






46. What are healthy sources of fats?






47. How many calories/gram is protein?






48. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






49. When does BMR increase?






50. What function is vitamin A?