Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology 4th Edition Nelms .pdf

Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology 4th Edition Nelms

,1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which nutrition and dietetics
practitioners perform.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist1 in Clinical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

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
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist1 in Clinical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

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
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

4. Physicians are commonly responsible for the initial nutrition screening of patients and for notifying the dietitian if a
patient's food intake is inadequate.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

5. Some states provide Medicaid benefits for nutrition services, but there is significant variability between states.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Health Care Services and Reimbursement for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

6. To provide optimal nutritional care, all aspects of a patient's life must be considered.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Developing Clinical Skills and Professional Performance
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

7. Evidence-based practice can best be defined as purposeful, self-regulatory judgment that results in interpretation,
analysis, evaluation, and inference upon which that judgment is based.

, a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Developing Clinical Skills and Professional Performance
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as practice standards.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Developing Clinical Skills and Professional Performance
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

9. The steps of the decision-making process do not necessarily take place in a particular sequence.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Developing Clinical Skills and Professional Performance
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

10. The AND's Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance require that outcomes are measurable and
evidence-based.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Developing Clinical Skills and Professional Performance
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

11. A hospital that is owned or managed by the community or a religious organization rather than by a group of investors
is classified as:
a. private profit
b. veterans/military
c. private not for profit
d. public not for profit
e. public for profit
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist1 in Clinical Practice
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

12. Which of the following is an example of a tool used by a dietitian to track his or her professional progress as part of
the Practice Management and Advancement Standard?
a. Scope of Practice for the RD and DTR
b. CDR Professional Development Portfolio
c. Nutrition Care Process Reference Manual
d. Academy Definition of Terms List
e. Dietetics Career Development Guide
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist1 in Clinical Practice