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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What is normal albumin levels?






2. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






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






6. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






7. What function is vitamin A?






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






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






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






11. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






12. Name six sources of grains






13. When does BMR decrease?






14. What is normal BMI?






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






16. The higher the BMR a client has --






17. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






20. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






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






24. Where can you get more vitamin D?






25. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






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






28. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






29. How many calories/gram is protein?






30. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






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






33. What is RDA of protein?






34. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






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






37. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






38. Sources of fats






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






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






41. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






42. What is the function of vitamin E?






43. What is the function of vitamin C?






44. What foods have high quality protein?






45. When does BMR increase?






46. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






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






49. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






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