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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The higher the BMR a client has --






2. Fats can lead to some medical problems






3. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






4. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






5. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






7. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






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






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






11. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






13. Sources of fats






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






15. What does DASH stand for?






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






17. What is normal albumin levels?






18. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What foods have high quality protein?






28. What is the function of vitamin C?






29. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






31. What function is vitamin D?






32. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






35. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






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






39. What are healthy sources of fats?






40. What function is vitamin A?






41. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






42. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






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






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






46. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






48. What is the function of vitamin E?






49. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






50. How much sodium may be consumed per day?