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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






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






3. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






5. Name six sources of grains






6. What does DASH stand for?






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






8. What function is vitamin A?






9. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






10. When does BMR increase?






11. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






13. What is RDA of protein?






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






15. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






17. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






19. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






29. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






31. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






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






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






35. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






36. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






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






39. Sources of fats






40. What type of people need extra protein?






41. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






43. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






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






46. What is normal BMI?






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






48. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






50. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?