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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






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






3. What function is vitamin D?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What is the function of vitamin C?






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






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






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






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






16. Name six sources of grains






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






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






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






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






21. What is RDA of protein?






22. What are healthy sources of fats?






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






24. What does DASH stand for?






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






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






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






28. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






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






30. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






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






32. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






33. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






34. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






35. What is the function of vitamin E?






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






37. What type of people need extra protein?






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






39. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






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






41. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






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






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






44. What is normal BMI?






45. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






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






47. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






48. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






49. The higher the BMR a client has --






50. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?