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The Nutrition Care Process and Model was unanimously adopted by what organization
and when? - Answer-The ADA House of Delegates in March 2003
Definition of the Nutrition Care Process and Model - Answer-Systematic process
describing how dietetics professionals provide care with patients/clients
The NCP is designed to improve what? - Answer-The consistency and quality of
individualized patient/client care and the predictability of patient/client outcomes.
The 4 purposes of the NCP: - Answer-1. Provide dietetics professionals a consistent
and systematic structure
2. Assist dietetics professionals to scientifically and holistically manage nutrition care
3. Increase probability of healthier outcomes
4. Challenge dietetics professionals to move to evidence-based practice
The NCP is a systematic, problem-solving method used by dietetics professionals to: -
Answer-1. Critically think
2. Make decisions addressing nutrition-related problems
3. Provide safe, effective and high quality nutrition care
In what component of NCP is measuring outcomes a part of? - Answer-Nutrition
monitoring and evaluation
The NCPM includes: - Answer-Central core
Outer rings: a middle and an outer ring
Supporting systems
Screening/trigger and referral
Outcomes management (performance improvement)
Nutrition care process (NCP)
What is the central core of the NCPM? - Answer-The relationship between the
patient/client and dietetics professional
What are characteristics of the relationship between client/patient and dietetics
professionals as seen in the central core of the NCPM? - Answer-Collaborative
Individualized
Patient-focused
What is the middle ring of the NCPM? - Answer-Clinician strengths
, What are the clinician strengths as seen in the middle ring of the NCPM? - Answer-
Dietetics knowledge
Skills and competencies
Critical thinking
Collaboration
Communication
Evidence-based practice (reliance on research for the foundation of practice)
Code of Ethics
What is the outer ring of the NCPM? - Answer-External environment
What encompasses the external environment as seen in the outer ring of the NCPM? -
Answer-Economics
Health care system
Practice setting
Social support
Education
Definition of nutrition assessment - Answer-A systematic process of obtaining, verifying,
and interpreting data in order to make decisions about the nature and cause of nutrition-
related problems
Definition of nutrition diagnosis - Answer-The identification and naming of the specific
nutrition problem that comes from the nutrition assessment. The nutrition diagnoses are
those nutrition problems the dietetics professionals are responsible for treating
independently.
What serves as the missing link between the assessment and intervention? - Answer-
The diagnosis
Definition of nutrition intervention(s) - Answer-Purposefully planned actions designed
with the intent of changing a nutrition-related behavior, risk factor, environmental
condition, or aspect of health status for an individual, target group, or the community at
large
Definition of nutrition monitoring and evaluation - Answer-Involves an active
commitment to measuring and recording the appropriate outcome indicators relevant to
a nutrition diagnosis in order to determine the degree to which progress is being made
and whether or not the client's goals are being met
________ is a specific application of the ________ that is focused on the management
of diseases. - Answer-MNT; NCP
_______ articulates the consistent and specific steps a dietetics professional would use
when delivering _______. - Answer-NCP; MNT