TEST BANK for 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 nutriti
on 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 chro
nic 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 credit s,
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 and
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 betw
een states.
a. True
b. False
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,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 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
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as prac
tice 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
10. The AND’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that outcomes a
re measurable and evidence-based.
a. True
b. False
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, ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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4th Edition by Marcia Nelms and Kathryn P. Sucher.
All Chapters 1-25.Latest edition 2026
Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cogner Page 1
,True / False
1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which nutriti
on 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 chro
nic 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 credit s,
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 and
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 betw
een states.
a. True
b. False
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,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 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
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as prac
tice 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
10. The AND’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that outcomes a
re measurable and evidence-based.
a. True
b. False
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, ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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