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NCLEX Nutrition

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






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






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






4. When does BMR increase?






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






6. What is normal BMI?






7. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






8. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






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






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






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






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






14. What are healthy sources of fats?






15. The higher the BMR a client has --






16. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






17. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






18. Where can you get more vitamin D?






19. When does BMR decrease?






20. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






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






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






24. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






26. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






27. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






30. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






33. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






34. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






35. What is RDA of protein?






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






37. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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






39. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






41. Sources of fats






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






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






44. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






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






48. What does DASH stand for?






49. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






50. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?