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NCLEX Nutrition

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






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






3. What function is vitamin A?






4. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






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






7. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






10. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






11. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






12. What are healthy sources of fats?






13. When does BMR increase?






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






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






16. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






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






20. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






21. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






23. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






25. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






26. What foods have high quality protein?






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






28. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






30. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






32. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






33. Name six sources of grains






34. Where can you get more vitamin D?






35. Sources of fats






36. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






37. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






40. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






43. What is RDA of protein?






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






45. What is normal albumin levels?






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






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






48. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






50. What function is vitamin D?