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TEST BANK
NUTRITION THERAPY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION
by Marcia Nelms and Kathryn P. Sucher
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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
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian invClinical Practice
2. Hospice facilities focus on integrated, multidisciplinary assistance for recovery from acute or chronic illness and/or surgical
procedures.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian invClinical Practice
3. With avminimum of 1,000 hours of related practice and at least 90vcontinuing education credits, 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 responsiblevfor thevinitial nutrition screening of patients and for notifyingvthe 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 between states.
a. True
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b. False
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
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical ThinkingvSkills 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 ba sed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
8. The cognitive processesvthatva dietitian goes through tovmake clinical judgments are known as practice standards.
a. True
b. False
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
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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10. The AND’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that outcomes are measurable and evidence-
based.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical ThinkingvSkills and Professional Performance
MULTIPLEVCHOICE
11. A hospital that isvowned or managed by the community or a religious organization rather thanva group of investors is c lassified as:
a. privatevprofit.
b. veterans/military.
c. privatevnot for profit.
d. public not for profit.
e. public for profit.
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
12. What is an example of a tool used by a dietitian to trackvhisvor her professional progress as part of the Practice
Management and Advancement Standard?
a. Scope of Practice for the RD and DTR
b. CDR Professional Development Portfolio
c. Nutrition Care Process Reference Manual
d. Scope of Practice DecisionvTool
e. Dietetics Career Development Guide
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian invClinical Practice
13. Reviewing productivity reports, hiringvand training employees, and developingvpolicies are all major tasks of the:
a. clinical nutrition manager.
b. dietetic assistant.
c. clinical dietitian.
d. diet clerk.
e. dietetic technician (DTR)
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian invClinical Practice
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TEST BANK
NUTRITION THERAPY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION
by Marcia Nelms and Kathryn P. Sucher
Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered byvCognero. Page 1
,[Type here]
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
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian invClinical Practice
2. Hospice facilities focus on integrated, multidisciplinary assistance for recovery from acute or chronic illness and/or surgical
procedures.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian invClinical Practice
3. With avminimum of 1,000 hours of related practice and at least 90vcontinuing education credits, 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 responsiblevfor thevinitial nutrition screening of patients and for notifyingvthe 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 between states.
a. True
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b. False
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
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical ThinkingvSkills 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 ba sed.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
8. The cognitive processesvthatva dietitian goes through tovmake clinical judgments are known as practice standards.
a. True
b. False
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
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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10. The AND’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that outcomes are measurable and evidence-
based.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical ThinkingvSkills and Professional Performance
MULTIPLEVCHOICE
11. A hospital that isvowned or managed by the community or a religious organization rather thanva group of investors is c lassified as:
a. privatevprofit.
b. veterans/military.
c. privatevnot for profit.
d. public not for profit.
e. public for profit.
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
12. What is an example of a tool used by a dietitian to trackvhisvor her professional progress as part of the Practice
Management and Advancement Standard?
a. Scope of Practice for the RD and DTR
b. CDR Professional Development Portfolio
c. Nutrition Care Process Reference Manual
d. Scope of Practice DecisionvTool
e. Dietetics Career Development Guide
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian invClinical Practice
13. Reviewing productivity reports, hiringvand training employees, and developingvpolicies are all major tasks of the:
a. clinical nutrition manager.
b. dietetic assistant.
c. clinical dietitian.
d. diet clerk.
e. dietetic technician (DTR)
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian invClinical Practice
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