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NCLEX Nutrition

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






2. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






3. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






4. What foods have high quality protein?






5. Name six sources of grains






6. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






9. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






12. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






13. What does DASH stand for?






14. What is normal BMI?






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






16. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






17. The higher the BMR a client has --






18. What is RDA of protein?






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






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






21. Where can you get more vitamin D?






22. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






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






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






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






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






28. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






30. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






32. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






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






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






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






38. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






39. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






42. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






44. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






45. Fats can lead to some medical problems






46. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






49. What function is vitamin D?






50. What type of people need extra protein?