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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






2. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






3. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






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






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






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






7. What function is vitamin A?






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






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






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






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






12. What is normal BMI?






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






14. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






15. The higher the BMR a client has --






16. When does BMR decrease?






17. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






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






21. Name six sources of grains






22. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






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






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






25. What is the function of vitamin E?






26. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






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






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






29. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






30. What are healthy sources of fats?






31. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






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






33. Fats can lead to some medical problems






34. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






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






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






37. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






38. How many calories/gram is protein?






39. What is normal albumin levels?






40. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






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






43. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






44. Sources of fats






45. What is the function of vitamin C?






46. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






47. What foods have high quality protein?






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






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






50. What is RDA of protein?