Nutrition Exam Questions And Answers

Advanced Practice - ANS The term advanced practice is used after a careful review of the Academy's Standards of Practice (SOP) and Standards of Professional Performance (SOPP) in the various focus areas of dietetics practice and the literature for other professions. practitioner demonstrates a high level of skills, knowledge and behaviors Board Certified Specialist in: - ANS Board Certified Specialists are registered dietitians (RDs) credentialed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) who have met empirically established criteria and who have successfully completed a specialty certification examination that simulates and/or tests practice‐related knowledge, skills or abilities. Certificate Program - ANS A certificate program is an intensive training program with a component that assesses the participant. Upon completion of the program, participants receive a certificate attesting to the attainment of a new knowledge/skill set Certification (Professional) - ANS A process, often voluntary, by which individuals who have demonstrated the level of knowledge and skill required in the profession, occupation, role, or skill are identified to the public and other stakeholders. Certification (Statutory) - ANS State certification within practice acts provide a lower level of protection for state consumers than licensure, and generally require a lower level of educational attainment Clinical Privileges - ANS Clinical privileges provide a way to differentiate between different levels of clinical decision‐making and application skills. Authorization is granted by appropriate authority (e.g., the governing body) to a practitioner to provide specific care, treatment, or services in the organization within well‐defined limits Competence - ANS A principle of professional practice, identifying the ability of the provider to administer safe and reliable services on a consistent basis. Competent - ANS fully equipped Credentialling (organizational setting) - ANS The process of reviewing, verifying, and evaluating a practitioner's credentials to establish the presence of the specialized professional background required for membership, affiliation, or a position within a healthcare organization or system. Credentialing (Professional) - ANS Process by which an agent qualified to do so grants formal recognition to and records such status of entities (individuals, organizations, processes, services, or products) meeting pre‐determined and standardized criteria. Dietetic Technician, Registered (DTR) - ANS Is an individual who has met current minimum requirements through one of three routes: 1. Successful completion Associate degree and Dietetic Technician Program 2. Successful completion of a Baccalaureate degree; completed a supervised practice program under the auspices of a Dietetic Technician Program as accredited by ACEND. 3. Completed a minimum of a Baccalaureate degree; successfully completed a Didactic Program in Dietetics as accredited by ACEND of the Academy. Dietetics - ANS Dietetics is the integration, application and communication of principles derived from food, nutrition, social, business and basic sciences, to achieve and maintain optimal nutrition status of individuals through the development, provision and management of effective food and nutrition services in a variety of settings. Entry Level - ANS An entry‐level practitioner has less than three years of registered practice experience and demonstrates a competent level of dietetics practice and professional performance. Evidence-Based Dietetics Practice - ANS Evidence‐Based Dietetics Practice involves the process of asking questions, systematically finding research evidence, and assessing its validity, applicability and importance to food and nutrition practice decisions Evidence‐Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines and Evidence‐Based Toolkits (Guidelines/Toolkits) - ANS Evidence‐Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines are statements and treatment algorithms which are developed using the process of asking questions, systemically finding research evidence, and assessing its validity, applicability and importance to food and nutrition practice decisions Evidence‐Based Practice - ANS Evidence‐based practice is an approach to health care wherein health practitioners use the best evidence possible, i.e., the most appropriate information available, to make decisions for individuals, groups and populations. Evidence‐Based/Practice Guidelines - ANS Evidence‐based guidelines are determined by scientific evidence.Practice guidelines are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care. Evidence, Best Available Research/ - ANS The best available research/evidence refers to the most appropriate research/ evidence available to answer a question Expert - ANS having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude Federal Recognition of RDs as Medicare Providers - ANS Registered dietitians or nutrition professionals must meet the following qualifications: BS degree or higher in program of nutrition or dietetics; At least 900 hours practice supervised experience, e.g., Internship, Coordinated Program or AP4; and State licensed or certified, if applicable, otherwise credentialed with CDR.