NHM 195 EVALUATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FIRM A+
✔✔-Good grades/high gpa and science grades
-leadership/work/volunteer experience
-good communication
-membership in student dietetic association or local dietetics association
-student member in AND - ✔✔Ways to be a competitive applicant for CP or DI
✔✔1. Complete a bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition; masters in related field
2. Complete a supervised experiential learning program accredited by ASCEND
3. Sit and pass a national registration exam administered by CDR
4. Gain licensure in your state
5. Completion of continuing education hours to maintain registration status - ✔✔Steps
to becoming a registered dietitian
✔✔Complete Masters Degree before national registration exam (1/1/2024) -
✔✔Master's rule
✔✔-ASCEND accredited programs outline core competencies
-opportunity to practice what is learned in academics
-1200 hours (clinical, community, management) - ✔✔Supervised practice experience
✔✔-principles of dietetics
-nutrition care for individuals and groups
-management of food and nutrition programs and services
-food service systems - ✔✔Components of RD Exam (4 areas it covers)
✔✔-retest after 45 days last test date
-adaptive
-report given onsite when you leave
-125-145 questions (100 for score, 25 for pre-test use)
-multiple choice - ✔✔Components of RD Exam (general info)
✔✔-5 year reporting period
-RDN must get 75 hours
-CPEUs based on individual needs identified in portfolio set up through CDR upon
credentialing
-distance, group/self study, f2f, teleconference - ✔✔Continuing Ed
✔✔Mission of The Academy - ✔✔Accelerate improvements in global health and well-
being through food and nutrition
, ✔✔1. Active- accredited dietitians
2. Student-Students enrolled in and ACEND accredited program/school; or current
active member returning to school on full-time basis
3. International Student-completed formal training in nutrition/dietetics outside US
verified by country's professional dietetics association OR student enrolled in program
outside US not accredited by ASCEND
4. Retired- no longer in practice; or at least 62 years old
5. Associate- practitioners in healthcare or sports/fitness or culinary, etc...; have a valid
US certification - ✔✔Types of Memberships in the Academy
✔✔Dietetic Practice Groups - ✔✔professional interest groups where you can network
with members within your area of interest or expertise
✔✔Member Interest Groups - ✔✔focus on areas other than practice of dietetics or
geographic locations; reflects characteristics of academy's membership and the public it
serves
✔✔-PD
-website
publications and subscriptions
-career and practice resources
-networking
education opportunities
-advocacy and policy initiatives
-nutrition and promotional research
-branding services
-honors/awards
-insurance
-benefits over $3,000 in savings - ✔✔Benefits of joining the Academy
✔✔-Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
-Food and Nutrition Magazine
-Nutrition Care Manual
-Daily News
-Eat Right Weekly
-Position and Practice Papers
-Evidence Analysis Library (EAL) - ✔✔Different Types of Publications from the
Academy (7)
✔✔Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) - ✔✔Conference in fall each year
(October); trends in food industry, networking, continuing professional ed units (CPEUs)
✔✔National Nutrition Month - ✔✔campaign celebrated each March, focuses on the
importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical
activity habits.
FIRM A+
✔✔-Good grades/high gpa and science grades
-leadership/work/volunteer experience
-good communication
-membership in student dietetic association or local dietetics association
-student member in AND - ✔✔Ways to be a competitive applicant for CP or DI
✔✔1. Complete a bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition; masters in related field
2. Complete a supervised experiential learning program accredited by ASCEND
3. Sit and pass a national registration exam administered by CDR
4. Gain licensure in your state
5. Completion of continuing education hours to maintain registration status - ✔✔Steps
to becoming a registered dietitian
✔✔Complete Masters Degree before national registration exam (1/1/2024) -
✔✔Master's rule
✔✔-ASCEND accredited programs outline core competencies
-opportunity to practice what is learned in academics
-1200 hours (clinical, community, management) - ✔✔Supervised practice experience
✔✔-principles of dietetics
-nutrition care for individuals and groups
-management of food and nutrition programs and services
-food service systems - ✔✔Components of RD Exam (4 areas it covers)
✔✔-retest after 45 days last test date
-adaptive
-report given onsite when you leave
-125-145 questions (100 for score, 25 for pre-test use)
-multiple choice - ✔✔Components of RD Exam (general info)
✔✔-5 year reporting period
-RDN must get 75 hours
-CPEUs based on individual needs identified in portfolio set up through CDR upon
credentialing
-distance, group/self study, f2f, teleconference - ✔✔Continuing Ed
✔✔Mission of The Academy - ✔✔Accelerate improvements in global health and well-
being through food and nutrition
, ✔✔1. Active- accredited dietitians
2. Student-Students enrolled in and ACEND accredited program/school; or current
active member returning to school on full-time basis
3. International Student-completed formal training in nutrition/dietetics outside US
verified by country's professional dietetics association OR student enrolled in program
outside US not accredited by ASCEND
4. Retired- no longer in practice; or at least 62 years old
5. Associate- practitioners in healthcare or sports/fitness or culinary, etc...; have a valid
US certification - ✔✔Types of Memberships in the Academy
✔✔Dietetic Practice Groups - ✔✔professional interest groups where you can network
with members within your area of interest or expertise
✔✔Member Interest Groups - ✔✔focus on areas other than practice of dietetics or
geographic locations; reflects characteristics of academy's membership and the public it
serves
✔✔-PD
-website
publications and subscriptions
-career and practice resources
-networking
education opportunities
-advocacy and policy initiatives
-nutrition and promotional research
-branding services
-honors/awards
-insurance
-benefits over $3,000 in savings - ✔✔Benefits of joining the Academy
✔✔-Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
-Food and Nutrition Magazine
-Nutrition Care Manual
-Daily News
-Eat Right Weekly
-Position and Practice Papers
-Evidence Analysis Library (EAL) - ✔✔Different Types of Publications from the
Academy (7)
✔✔Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) - ✔✔Conference in fall each year
(October); trends in food industry, networking, continuing professional ed units (CPEUs)
✔✔National Nutrition Month - ✔✔campaign celebrated each March, focuses on the
importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical
activity habits.
