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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • 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. What function is vitamin A?






2. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






4. When does BMR increase?






5. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






7. The higher the BMR a client has --






8. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






9. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






12. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






14. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






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






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






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






20. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






21. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






22. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






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






25. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






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






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






29. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






30. Where can you get more vitamin D?






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






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






33. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






34. What is the function of vitamin C?






35. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






36. What is RDA of protein?






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






38. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






39. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






40. Sources of fats






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






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






43. What type of people need extra protein?






44. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






45. What is normal albumin levels?






46. Name six sources of grains






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






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






49. When does BMR decrease?






50. What function is vitamin D?