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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






2. What is RDA of protein?






3. What does DASH stand for?






4. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






5. What type of people need extra protein?






6. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






7. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






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






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






11. Sources of fats






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






13. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






15. When does BMR decrease?






16. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






19. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






21. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






24. What are healthy sources of fats?






25. What is the function of vitamin C?






26. Where can you get more vitamin D?






27. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






28. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






29. What is normal BMI?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






40. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






43. The higher the BMR a client has --






44. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






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






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






49. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






50. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?