WEB WOC SEMINARS EXAM SCRIPT
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● when should a nutritional assessment be performed on a pt?
Answer: Every initial evaluation and when health status declines
●● What are important micronutrients for wound healing?
Answer: -Iron
-Zinc
-Copper
-Vitamin C
-B Complex
-Vitamin A
-Essential Fatty Acids
●● What are 5 good nutritional assessments to use?
Answer: -24 hour food recall
-Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
-Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)
-Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST)
,-Subjective Global Assessment (SGA)
●● Ideal glucose range?
Answer: 80-130
●● Ideal A1C?
Answer: 7.0 or less
●● Ideal daily caloric intake?
Answer: 30-35 cal/kg/day
●● Ideal daily protein intake for non-wound pt?
Answer: 0.8 g/kg/day
●● Ideal daily fluid intake?
Answer: 30 mL/kg/day
●● What % of unintentional weight loss in what time frame is
considered high risk?
Answer: -5% within 30 days
-10% within 6 months
, ●● What will a Registered Dietician cover in their assessment?
Answer: Food hx/pt hx
-Ability to perform ADLs
-Chewing/swallowing issues
-food allergies/intolerances
-cognitive impairments
-medications
-economic issues
-co-morbidities causing restriction
-cultural preferences
-food availability
-med hx
BMI/weight hx over time
biochemical data
-visceral protein store
-anemia
-a1c
-cmp
-lipids
undernourishment/excessive
●● What are key indicators of undernutrition?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● when should a nutritional assessment be performed on a pt?
Answer: Every initial evaluation and when health status declines
●● What are important micronutrients for wound healing?
Answer: -Iron
-Zinc
-Copper
-Vitamin C
-B Complex
-Vitamin A
-Essential Fatty Acids
●● What are 5 good nutritional assessments to use?
Answer: -24 hour food recall
-Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
-Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)
-Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST)
,-Subjective Global Assessment (SGA)
●● Ideal glucose range?
Answer: 80-130
●● Ideal A1C?
Answer: 7.0 or less
●● Ideal daily caloric intake?
Answer: 30-35 cal/kg/day
●● Ideal daily protein intake for non-wound pt?
Answer: 0.8 g/kg/day
●● Ideal daily fluid intake?
Answer: 30 mL/kg/day
●● What % of unintentional weight loss in what time frame is
considered high risk?
Answer: -5% within 30 days
-10% within 6 months
, ●● What will a Registered Dietician cover in their assessment?
Answer: Food hx/pt hx
-Ability to perform ADLs
-Chewing/swallowing issues
-food allergies/intolerances
-cognitive impairments
-medications
-economic issues
-co-morbidities causing restriction
-cultural preferences
-food availability
-med hx
BMI/weight hx over time
biochemical data
-visceral protein store
-anemia
-a1c
-cmp
-lipids
undernourishment/excessive
●● What are key indicators of undernutrition?
