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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






2. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






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






6. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






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






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






11. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






13. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






15. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






16. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






18. What is RDA of protein?






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






20. What function is vitamin D?






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






22. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






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






25. What type of people need extra protein?






26. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






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






29. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






31. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






33. Name six sources of grains






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






35. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






38. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






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






42. What is normal albumin levels?






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






44. When does BMR increase?






45. Where can you get more vitamin D?






46. What is the function of vitamin E?






47. What is normal BMI?






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






49. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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