TEST BANK
Nutrition Therapy & Pathophysiology 5th Edition
by Marcia Nelms, Kristen Roberts
All Chapters| Latest Edition. 2025
Chapter 1 - Role of the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in the Health Care
True / False
1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within
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which nutrition and dietetics practitioners perform.
a. True
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b. False
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Answer: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
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REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
2. Hospice facilities focus on integrated, multidisciplinary assistance for recovery from
acute or chronic illness and/or surgical procedures.
a. True
b. False
Answer: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
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3. With a minimum of 1,000 hours of related practice and at least 90 continuing education
credits, a registered dietitian may become a lactation consultant.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
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4. Medical doctors are commonly responsible for the initial nutrition screening of patients
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and for notifying the dietitian if a patient’s intake is inadequate.
a. True
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b. False
Answer: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
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REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
5. Some states provide Medicaid benefits for nutrition services, but there is significant
variability between states.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
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DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Health Care Services and Reimbursement for Medical Nutrition Therapy
(MNT)
6. To provide optimal nutritional care, all aspects of a patient’s life must be considered.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
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REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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7. Evidence-based practice can best be defined as purposeful, self-regulatory judgment that
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results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference upon which that judgment is based.
a. True
b. False
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Answer: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are
known as practice standards.
a. True
b. False
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Answer: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
9. The steps of the decision-making process do not necessarily take place in a particular
sequence.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
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DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
LE
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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10. The AND’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that
outcomes are measurable and evidence-based.
a. True
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b. False
Answer: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
Multiple Choice
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