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,Chapter 1 - Role of the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in the Health Care
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True / False
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1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which nutrition
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vand dietetics practitioners perform.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice v v v v v v
2. Hospice facilities focus on integrated, multidisciplinary assistance for recovery from acute or chronic
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villness and/or surgical procedures.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice v v v v v v
3. With a minimum of 1,000 hours of related practice and at least 90 continuing education credits, a
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vregistered dietitian may become a lactation consultant.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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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
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vnotifying the dietitian if a patient’s intake is inadequate.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
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5. Some states provide Medicaid benefits for nutrition services, but there is significant variability between
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vstates.
a. True
b. False
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,ANSWER: True
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REFERENCES: Health Care Services and Reimbursement for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)
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6. To provide optimal nutritional care, all aspects of a patient’s life must be considered.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand v
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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7. Evidence-based practice can best be defined as purposeful, self-regulatory judgment that results in
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vinterpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference upon which that judgment is based.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as practice
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vstandards.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember v
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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9. The steps of the decision-making process do not necessarily take place in a particular sequence.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand v
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
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vmeasurable and evidence-based.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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