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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What type of people need extra protein?






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






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






4. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. When does BMR decrease?






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






13. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






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






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






18. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






20. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






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






23. Sources of fats






24. What is the function of vitamin C?






25. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






26. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






27. What function is vitamin A?






28. What is normal albumin levels?






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






30. What is RDA of protein?






31. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






34. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






36. When does BMR increase?






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






38. What function is vitamin D?






39. What foods have high quality protein?






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






41. Where can you get more vitamin D?






42. Fats can lead to some medical problems






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






44. What are healthy sources of fats?






45. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






46. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






47. Name six sources of grains






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






49. The higher the BMR a client has --






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