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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






4. When does BMR increase?






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






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






7. What is normal BMI?






8. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






10. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






11. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






13. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






16. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






17. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






20. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






22. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






24. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






27. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






29. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






31. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






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






35. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






38. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






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






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






43. What function is vitamin D?






44. What type of people need extra protein?






45. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






46. What is RDA of protein?






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






48. What function is vitamin A?






49. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






50. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?