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NCLEX Nutrition

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






2. What is RDA of protein?






3. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






4. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






6. What are healthy sources of fats?






7. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






8. What type of people need extra protein?






9. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






11. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






12. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






13. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






14. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






15. What does DASH stand for?






16. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






19. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






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






21. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. What function is vitamin D?






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






31. What function is vitamin A?






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






33. What is normal albumin levels?






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






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






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






37. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






38. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






40. When does BMR increase?






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






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






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






44. When does BMR decrease?






45. Name six sources of grains






46. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






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






49. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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