TEST BANK Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology 4th Edition, by Marcia Nelms and Kathryn P. Sucher. All

TEST BANK
Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology 4th
Edition,
by Marcia Nelms and Kathryn P. Sucher. All




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,Chapter 1 - Role of the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in the Health Care
True / False
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1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which nut
rition and dietetics practitioners perform.
a. True
b. False
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 c
hronic illness and/or surgical procedures.
a. True
b. False
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 cre
dits, a registered dietitian may become a lactation consultant.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams

4. Medical doctors are commonly responsible for the initial nutrition screening of patients a
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nd for notifying the dietitian if a patient’s intake is inadequate.
a. True
b. False
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 be
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tween states.
a. True
b. False



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, ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: jUnderstand
REFERENCES: j Health jCare jServices jand jReimbursement jfor jMedical jNutrition jTherapy j(MNT)

6. To jprovide joptimal jnutritional jcare, jall jaspects jof ja jpatient’s jlife jmust jbe jconsidered.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: jUnderstand
REFERENCES: j Developing jCritical jThinking jSkills jand jProfessional jPerformance

7. Evidence-based jpractice jcan jbest be jdefined jas jpurposeful, jself-
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regulatory jjudgment that results jin j interpretation, janalysis, jevaluation, jand jinference jupon jwh
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jich jthat jjudgment jis jbased.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: jRemember
REFERENCES: j Developing jCritical jThinking Skills jand jProfessional jPerformance
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8. The jcognitive jprocesses jthat ja jdietitian jgoes jthrough jto jmake jclinical jjudgments jare jknown jas
jpr jactice j standards.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: jRemember
REFERENCES: j Developing jCritical jThinking Skills jand jProfessional jPerformance
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9. The jsteps jof jthe jdecision-making jprocess jdo jnot necessarily jtake jplace in ja jparticular jsequence.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: jUnderstand
REFERENCES: j Developing jCritical jThinking jSkills jand jProfessional jPerformance

10. The jAND’s jCode jof jEthics jand jStandards jof jProfessional jPerformance jrequires jthat
joutcome js jare j measurable jand jevidence-based.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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