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.
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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
Ar
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
ch
Do
3
c
, 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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4th Edition by Marcia Nelms, Kathryn
Sucher TEST BANK
VERIFIED CHAPTERS 1-25 WITH
Q&As FOR THE STUDY
Ar
ch
Do
1
c
, 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
Ar
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.
ch
a. True
Do
2
c
,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
Ar
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
ch
Do
3
c
, 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.
Ar
b. veterans/military.
c. private not for profit.
ch
Do
4
c
