Essentials in Dietetics Exam 1 UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
nutrition care process - CORRECT ANSWER - assessment, diagnosis, intervention,
monitoring and evaluation
nutrition care model - CORRECT ANSWER - graphic visualization that illustrates the
steps of NCP and factors that impact use
screening system - CORRECT ANSWER - identify risk factors to determine who should
be seen
NOT part of NCP
nutrition assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - a systematic process of obtaining,
verifying, and interpreting data in order to make decisions about the nature and cause of
nutrition-related problems
assessment categories/domains - CORRECT ANSWER - food history, anthropometrics,
biochemical data, physical exam, client history, etiology, comparative standards, progress
evaluation
nutrition diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - identifies and describes a specific nutrition
problem that a dietetics professional is responsible for treating
NOT a medical diagnosis (except malnutrition)
nutrition diagnosis domains - CORRECT ANSWER - intake, clinical, behavioral-
environmental, nutrition situation
PES statement - CORRECT ANSWER - problem, etiology, signs and symptoms
, problem - CORRECT ANSWER - diagnostic label, describes alterations in patients
nutrition status (signs/symptoms)
etiology - CORRECT ANSWER - cause or contributing factor
nutrition intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - resolve or improve the nutrition problem
by planning and implementing appropriate interventions
aimed at etiology
monitoring and evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER - determine degree of progress made
toward goals or desired outcomes
monitor - CORRECT ANSWER - provide evidence that the nutrition intervention is
changing/not the patient's behavior
measure - CORRECT ANSWER - collect data on the nutrition outcome indicators
evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER - systemic comparison with previous status, nutrition
intervention goals
nutritional status - CORRECT ANSWER - evaluating indices that reflect body's nutrient
stores
nutritional risk - CORRECT ANSWER - attempt to project potential nutritional problems
based on client's current health status
nutrition screening - CORRECT ANSWER - process of gathering data known to correlate
with nutritional risk
within 24hrs of admission
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
nutrition care process - CORRECT ANSWER - assessment, diagnosis, intervention,
monitoring and evaluation
nutrition care model - CORRECT ANSWER - graphic visualization that illustrates the
steps of NCP and factors that impact use
screening system - CORRECT ANSWER - identify risk factors to determine who should
be seen
NOT part of NCP
nutrition assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - a systematic process of obtaining,
verifying, and interpreting data in order to make decisions about the nature and cause of
nutrition-related problems
assessment categories/domains - CORRECT ANSWER - food history, anthropometrics,
biochemical data, physical exam, client history, etiology, comparative standards, progress
evaluation
nutrition diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - identifies and describes a specific nutrition
problem that a dietetics professional is responsible for treating
NOT a medical diagnosis (except malnutrition)
nutrition diagnosis domains - CORRECT ANSWER - intake, clinical, behavioral-
environmental, nutrition situation
PES statement - CORRECT ANSWER - problem, etiology, signs and symptoms
, problem - CORRECT ANSWER - diagnostic label, describes alterations in patients
nutrition status (signs/symptoms)
etiology - CORRECT ANSWER - cause or contributing factor
nutrition intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - resolve or improve the nutrition problem
by planning and implementing appropriate interventions
aimed at etiology
monitoring and evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER - determine degree of progress made
toward goals or desired outcomes
monitor - CORRECT ANSWER - provide evidence that the nutrition intervention is
changing/not the patient's behavior
measure - CORRECT ANSWER - collect data on the nutrition outcome indicators
evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER - systemic comparison with previous status, nutrition
intervention goals
nutritional status - CORRECT ANSWER - evaluating indices that reflect body's nutrient
stores
nutritional risk - CORRECT ANSWER - attempt to project potential nutritional problems
based on client's current health status
nutrition screening - CORRECT ANSWER - process of gathering data known to correlate
with nutritional risk
within 24hrs of admission
