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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What does DASH stand for?






2. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






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






5. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






6. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






8. What foods have high quality protein?






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






10. What are healthy sources of fats?






11. What is RDA of protein?






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






13. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






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






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






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






18. What is normal albumin levels?






19. What type of people need extra protein?






20. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






23. What is normal BMI?






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






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






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






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






28. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






31. How many calories/gram is protein?






32. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






33. Name six sources of grains






34. Sources of fats






35. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






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






38. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






40. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






41. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






42. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






43. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






45. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






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






48. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






50. The higher the BMR a client has --