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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






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






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






5. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






6. What does DASH stand for?






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






8. The higher the BMR a client has --






9. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






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






13. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






14. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






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






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






19. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






20. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






21. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






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






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






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






26. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






31. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






32. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






34. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






35. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






36. What is RDA of protein?






37. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






38. What function is vitamin D?






39. What is normal albumin levels?






40. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






42. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






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






47. What type of people need extra protein?






48. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






49. How many calories/gram is protein?






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