Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology (4th Edition) – Marcia Nelms & Kathryn Sucher – Complete Test Bank with Verified Questions and Answers

Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology,
4th Edition by Marcia Nelms, Kathryn
Sucher TEST BANK
VERIFIED CHAPTERS 1-25 WITH
Q&As FOR THE STUDY
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, Chapter 1: Role of the Dietitian in the Health Care System
True / False
1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which
nutrition and dietetics practitioners perform.

a. True

b. False

ACCURATE ANSWER: True

DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand

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

ACCURATE ANSWER: False

DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember

REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice



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

ACCURATE 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 and for
notifying the dietitian if a patient‘s intake is inadequate.

a. True
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,b. False

ACCURATE ANSWER: False

DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand

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

ACCURATE ANSWER: True

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

ACCURATE ANSWER: True

DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand

REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance



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

ACCURATE ANSWER: False

DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
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REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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, 8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as
practice standards.

a. True

b. False

ACCURATE 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

ACCURATE ANSWER: True

DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand

REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance



10. The AND‘s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that outcomes are
measurable and evidence-based.

a. True

b. False

ACCURATE ANSWER: True

DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand

REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance



Multiple Choice
11. A hospital that is owned or managed by the community or a religious organization rather than a
group of investors is classified as:

a. private profit.
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b. veterans/military.

c. private not for profit.
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