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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






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






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






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






5. The higher the BMR a client has --






6. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






8. When does BMR increase?






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






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






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






12. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






13. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






15. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






17. Name six sources of grains






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






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






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






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






22. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






23. When does BMR decrease?






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






25. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






26. What is normal BMI?






27. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






30. Fats can lead to some medical problems






31. What type of people need extra protein?






32. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






33. What is normal albumin levels?






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






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






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






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






38. Sources of fats






39. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






40. How many calories/gram is protein?






41. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






43. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






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






46. What is RDA of protein?






47. What are healthy sources of fats?






48. What does DASH stand for?






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






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