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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






2. What is RDA of protein?






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






4. What foods have high quality protein?






5. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






6. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






7. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






9. When does BMR increase?






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






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






12. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






14. What function is vitamin A?






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






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






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






18. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






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






22. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






25. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






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






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






29. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






30. Name six sources of grains






31. Where can you get more vitamin D?






32. Sources of fats






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






34. What type of people need extra protein?






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






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






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






38. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






39. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






40. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






42. What is the function of vitamin C?






43. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






44. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






45. What is normal BMI?






46. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






47. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






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