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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






2. When does BMR increase?






3. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






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






7. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






9. When does BMR decrease?






10. What are healthy sources of fats?






11. What is normal BMI?






12. What type of people need extra protein?






13. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






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






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






18. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






22. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






23. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






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






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






27. What foods have high quality protein?






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






29. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






30. What is normal albumin levels?






31. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






33. What function is vitamin D?






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






35. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






37. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






40. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






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






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






45. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






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






48. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






49. Fats can lead to some medical problems






50. Sources of fats