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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






3. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






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






6. What function is vitamin A?






7. What foods have high quality protein?






8. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






10. What is RDA of protein?






11. What is normal BMI?






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






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






14. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






15. When does BMR increase?






16. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






18. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






19. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






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






21. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






23. What does DASH stand for?






24. How many calories/gram is protein?






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






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






27. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






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






29. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






31. When does BMR decrease?






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






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






34. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






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






36. Sources of fats






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






38. What function is vitamin D?






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






40. Fats can lead to some medical problems






41. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






42. What is normal albumin levels?






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






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






45. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






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






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






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






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