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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. Sources of fats






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






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






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






5. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






7. What type of people need extra protein?






8. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






11. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






12. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






14. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






15. What does DASH stand for?






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






17. What are healthy sources of fats?






18. When does BMR decrease?






19. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






20. When does BMR increase?






21. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






22. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






23. Name six sources of grains






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






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






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






27. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






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






31. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






33. What is the function of vitamin E?






34. What is normal albumin levels?






35. Where can you get more vitamin D?






36. The higher the BMR a client has --






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






38. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






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






42. What function is vitamin A?






43. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






44. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






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






47. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






49. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






50. What foods have high quality protein?






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