NUTR 404 Exam 1 questions with correct
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define the differences between the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, ACEND, and CDR -
correct answer ✔✔-The academy is for RDNs and NDTRs, advocates for the profession; not
required to be a member
-ACEND: accreditation council for education in nutrition and dietetics
-CDR: Commission on dietetic registration; credentialing process for RDNs, required to pay to
maintain credential
List the criteria or path to becoming an RD and for maintaining this credential - correct answer
✔✔-Bachelor's degree from an ACEND accredited dietetics program (2024 required masters)
-ACEND supervised internship program
-Passage of national registration exam held by the CDR
-Maintaining credentials: continuing professional education, 75 hours in 5 years
Identify the 6 types of acute care and 6 types of post-acute care facilities/settings - correct
answer ✔✔1. Acute care facilities (hospitals)
-Public not for profit: owned by gov
-Private not for profit: owned by community, religious
-Private for profit: investor owned
-Veterans and military: gov run
-Outpatient: primary and secondary health care
-Urgent care: primary care
2. Post-acute care facilities (clinics)
-Skilled nursing facilities: nursing care for complex medical needs for short term rehab (build a
skill)
,-Long-term acute care hospital: complex medical needs, longer than average hospital admission
-Residential/assisted living: activities of daily living (bathing)
-Continuing care retirement community: provides, independent and assisted living and skilled
nursing
-Rehabilitation/restorative: multidisciplinary assistance for illness recovery (stroke)
-Hospice: relieving symptoms, life expectancy <6 months
Describe the various roles of a dietitian in dietetic practice in a clinical setting - correct answer
✔✔-Nutrition care: restore a state of nutrition balance by influencing factors contributing to
imbalance or altered state
Identify other health professionals that are part of the interprofessional team and their roles in
healthcare - correct answer ✔✔-Medical doctor: diagnose, treat disease and injury
-Nurse: assist in treatment, IV fluids, emotional support, education
-Pharmacist: dispense medication, monitor lab data for effectiveness
-Physical therapist: reduce pain or improve mobility
-Occupational therapist: improving skills for daily living
-Speech-language pathologist: treat speech, language, cognitive, and swallow disorders
-Social worker: psychosocial support to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses
Define critical thinking - correct answer ✔✔-Process of organizing, interpreting, evaluating, and
integrating information to identify relationships, make inferences, form conclusions and make
informed decisions, challenge assumptions, and create alternatives
Describe the five components of critical thinking and their applications in providing nutrition
care - correct answer ✔✔-Knowledge: must be educated and trained member of health care
team
-Competencies: cognitive process to make clinical judgments; reviewing literature, evidence-
based practice, identifying highest priority problem
, -Standards: code of ethics, standards of practice, standards of professional performance
-Attitudes: reflection of values, consider fairness and responsibility
-Experience
Define nutrition prescription - correct answer ✔✔-part of nutrition intervention of the NCP
-*Nutrition prescription*: what a patients dietary intake would look like if they follow the
nutrition intervention; the goal of intake
difference between nutrition education and nutrition counseling - correct answer ✔✔-Nutrition
education: transfer of knowledge or skill to improve or maintain heath; short term
-Nutrition counseling: supportive process, considers social and physiological factors that
influence behavior; best for outpatient settings, follow-ups required
List the stages of continuum of care and discuss the role of nutrition care at each stage - correct
answer ✔✔-Primary care for healthy individual: wellness and disease prevention, promote
caloric balance and physical activity
-Acute illness: prevent reduction of nutritional health, aid in recovery
-Chronic disease: management of condition to avoid complications and maintain health
-Terminal illness: support and comfort
Describe at least 3 factors that impact nutritional status - correct answer ✔✔-Human biology
factors: determine nutrient requirements. Age, pregnancy, disease
-Lifestyle factors : determine food, physical activity. Attitudes, knowledge, behaviors
-Food and nutrient factors: intake/composition, quality and quantity
-Environmental factors: social, economic, sanitation, availability
-System factors: healthcare, education, food supply
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define the differences between the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, ACEND, and CDR -
correct answer ✔✔-The academy is for RDNs and NDTRs, advocates for the profession; not
required to be a member
-ACEND: accreditation council for education in nutrition and dietetics
-CDR: Commission on dietetic registration; credentialing process for RDNs, required to pay to
maintain credential
List the criteria or path to becoming an RD and for maintaining this credential - correct answer
✔✔-Bachelor's degree from an ACEND accredited dietetics program (2024 required masters)
-ACEND supervised internship program
-Passage of national registration exam held by the CDR
-Maintaining credentials: continuing professional education, 75 hours in 5 years
Identify the 6 types of acute care and 6 types of post-acute care facilities/settings - correct
answer ✔✔1. Acute care facilities (hospitals)
-Public not for profit: owned by gov
-Private not for profit: owned by community, religious
-Private for profit: investor owned
-Veterans and military: gov run
-Outpatient: primary and secondary health care
-Urgent care: primary care
2. Post-acute care facilities (clinics)
-Skilled nursing facilities: nursing care for complex medical needs for short term rehab (build a
skill)
,-Long-term acute care hospital: complex medical needs, longer than average hospital admission
-Residential/assisted living: activities of daily living (bathing)
-Continuing care retirement community: provides, independent and assisted living and skilled
nursing
-Rehabilitation/restorative: multidisciplinary assistance for illness recovery (stroke)
-Hospice: relieving symptoms, life expectancy <6 months
Describe the various roles of a dietitian in dietetic practice in a clinical setting - correct answer
✔✔-Nutrition care: restore a state of nutrition balance by influencing factors contributing to
imbalance or altered state
Identify other health professionals that are part of the interprofessional team and their roles in
healthcare - correct answer ✔✔-Medical doctor: diagnose, treat disease and injury
-Nurse: assist in treatment, IV fluids, emotional support, education
-Pharmacist: dispense medication, monitor lab data for effectiveness
-Physical therapist: reduce pain or improve mobility
-Occupational therapist: improving skills for daily living
-Speech-language pathologist: treat speech, language, cognitive, and swallow disorders
-Social worker: psychosocial support to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses
Define critical thinking - correct answer ✔✔-Process of organizing, interpreting, evaluating, and
integrating information to identify relationships, make inferences, form conclusions and make
informed decisions, challenge assumptions, and create alternatives
Describe the five components of critical thinking and their applications in providing nutrition
care - correct answer ✔✔-Knowledge: must be educated and trained member of health care
team
-Competencies: cognitive process to make clinical judgments; reviewing literature, evidence-
based practice, identifying highest priority problem
, -Standards: code of ethics, standards of practice, standards of professional performance
-Attitudes: reflection of values, consider fairness and responsibility
-Experience
Define nutrition prescription - correct answer ✔✔-part of nutrition intervention of the NCP
-*Nutrition prescription*: what a patients dietary intake would look like if they follow the
nutrition intervention; the goal of intake
difference between nutrition education and nutrition counseling - correct answer ✔✔-Nutrition
education: transfer of knowledge or skill to improve or maintain heath; short term
-Nutrition counseling: supportive process, considers social and physiological factors that
influence behavior; best for outpatient settings, follow-ups required
List the stages of continuum of care and discuss the role of nutrition care at each stage - correct
answer ✔✔-Primary care for healthy individual: wellness and disease prevention, promote
caloric balance and physical activity
-Acute illness: prevent reduction of nutritional health, aid in recovery
-Chronic disease: management of condition to avoid complications and maintain health
-Terminal illness: support and comfort
Describe at least 3 factors that impact nutritional status - correct answer ✔✔-Human biology
factors: determine nutrient requirements. Age, pregnancy, disease
-Lifestyle factors : determine food, physical activity. Attitudes, knowledge, behaviors
-Food and nutrient factors: intake/composition, quality and quantity
-Environmental factors: social, economic, sanitation, availability
-System factors: healthcare, education, food supply
