CSOWM STUDY GUIDE MODULES 1-6 QUESTIONS WTH CORRECT ANSWERS

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Self-monitoring is important for adherence because: - CORRECT ANSWER - it v v v v v v v v v v




allows the client to track information
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increases aware of dietary intake, PA, and body weight v v v v v v v v




v allows tracking of progress towards achieving goals
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Ideally, frequency of self-weighing should be: - CORRECT ANSWER - At
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least once a week but not more than once a day
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The health care provider should monitor the client's weight loss, thus ideally during obesity treatment, weight is
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measured by the health care provider: - CORRECT ANSWER -at every visit
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During obesity treatment, the health care provider monitors the following: - CORRECT ANSWER - weight
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diet and physical activity records
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other behaviors or health parameters
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Common causes of lapses include: - CORRECT ANSWER -eating away from home
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A patient asks you to help her decide on which bariatric procedure to have; she is 42 years old with a BMI of
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42 and her obesity related conditions include type 2 diabetes, hypertension and fatty liver dise ase. What
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do you tell her? - CORRECT ANSWER -
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The current literature does not provide enough information to predict which procedure she would hav e
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better outcomes with.
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A patient's surgeon wants her to lose weight before surgery. The patient's surgery is scheduled in one
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month; why does the surgeon want her to lose weight prior to the procedure? - CORRECT ANSWER - To
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reduce the volume of her liver.
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, A patient is 2 months post-
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bariatric surgery and calls you complaining of vomiting and dizziness, for the past 2 days; you tell the p
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atient: - CORRECT ANSWER -To go to the ER to assess if she is dehydrated and needs IV hydration.
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Ms. B leaves you a message that she has been admitted to the hospital for nausea and vomiting, she s tates
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that the in-
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patient dietitian told her she was drinking and eating too fast. You recommend to the inpatient dietiti an
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and to the surgeon that they speak to the patient's providers to: - CORRECT ANSWER -
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Test the patient's Vitamin B1 status and ensure that the IV solution contains 100 mg of thiamine.
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A patient is one year post-
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surgery; he comes to your office and states he has not followed up with the Surgical Center where he had
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his surgery because he moved and no longer lives in the city his surgery was performed; he states he is only
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taking an OTC multivitamin daily; you recommend that he: - CORRECT ANSWER -
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first, find a surgical center close to his new location and schedule appt
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second, ask permission to speak to the patient's new PCP so that you can provide them with a list of n
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vutritional labs that should be tested yearly v v v v v v




lastly, tell the patient to resume his post op vitamins and minerals that he said his surgical center reco mmended
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A patient who had a Gastric Bypass Surgery comes to see you 8 years after her surgery. She states she is
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embarrassed to go back to her Surgical Center as she has gained 50 lbs. of the 120 lbs. she had lost. What do
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you do? - CORRECT ANSWER -
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first, reassure the patient that weight regain after bariatric surgery is not uncommon and perform a nu
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trition assessment -
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identify life style factors that may be contributing to her weight gain, assign a nutrition dx and set up goals
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for follow up
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second, recommend her PCP evaluate her post op nutrition labs
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A patient's primary care provider refers a patient who had a sleeve gastrectomy 10 years ago to you af ter
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the patient was diagnoses with osteopenia and is also complaining of muscle cramps: -
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You suspect that the patient may have a calcium, vitamin D and/or magnesium deficiency and suggest that
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these be tested.
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A pediatrician approaches you about a 16 year old patient with a BMI of 38 kg/m2 who is interested i n
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bariatric surgery. You tell the M.D that the patient should be assessed for the following co-
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