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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






3. What is normal BMI?






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






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






6. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






7. What does DASH stand for?






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






9. What is the function of vitamin C?






10. What is RDA of protein?






11. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






13. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






17. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






18. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






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






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






22. What function is vitamin D?






23. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






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






26. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






27. The higher the BMR a client has --






28. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






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






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






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






34. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






35. What is the function of vitamin E?






36. Name six sources of grains






37. What is normal albumin levels?






38. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






39. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






41. When does BMR increase?






42. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






43. What type of people need extra protein?






44. When does BMR decrease?






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






46. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






49. What are healthy sources of fats?






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