NCP Exam Questions and Answers
NCPM - Answer-systematic process describing how dietetics professionals provide care
with patients/clients. Designed to improve the consistency and quality of individualized
patient/client care and the predictability of patient/client outcomes.
Purpose of the NCP - Answer-Provides dietetics professionals a consistent and
systematic structure. Assists professionals to scientifically and holistically manage
nutrition care. Increases probability of healthier outcomes. Challenges dietitians to move
to evidenced based practice.
NCP - Answer-Systematic, problem-solving method used by dietitians to: critically think,
make decisions addressing nutrition-related problems, provide safe, effective and high
quality nutrition care.
NCPM Includes - Answer-Central Core
Outer rings: middle and outer ring
Support systems
Screening/trigger and referral
Outcomes management (Performance improvement)
Nutrition Care Process (NCP)
Central Core - Answer-Relationship between the patient/client and dietetics
professional.
Characteristics of the relationship: collaborative, individualized, patient-focused
Middle Ring (Part of outer rings) - Answer-Clinician Strengths- Dietetics knowledge,
skills and competencies, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, evidence based
practice (reliance on research for the foundation of practice) Code of Ethics
Outer Ring - Answer-External Environment- Economics, health care system, practice
setting, social support, education
Nutrition Assessment - Answer-systematic process of obtaining, verifying, and
interpreting data in order to make decisions about the nature and cause of nutrition
related problems
Nutrition Diagnosis - Answer-identification and naming of the specific nutrition problems
that come from the nut assessment. "Missing link" between assessment and
intervention. It is those nutrition problems that the dietetics professional are responsible
for treating independently.
Nutrition Intervention - Answer-Purposely 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
, Nutrition monitoring and Evaluation - Answer-involves an active commitment to
measuring and recording 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 clients goals are being met.
MNT - Answer-Specific application of the NCP that is focused on the management of
diseases. NCP articulates the consistent and specific steps a dietetics professional
would use when delivering this. It is one application of NCP and should not be used to
describe all of the nutrition services that dietetics professionals provide.
Medical diagnosis - Answer-is a disease of pathology of organs or body systems and
does not change as long as the condition exists. It is the art of distinguishing one
disease from another and describes the nature of that disease.
Nutrition diagnosis - Answer-is written in terms of a client problem for which nutrition-
related activities provide the primary intervention. It identifies and labels a specific
nutrition related problem that a dietetics professional is responsible for treating
independently. Its often temporary and with nutrition intervention the ____ ______ often
resolves.
Nutrition Assessment Details - Answer-Obtain and collet timely and appropriate data.
analyze and interpret data using evidence based standards. Date categories include:
biochemical, medical test, and procedures. Anthropometrical measurements, physical
examinations (BP, skin condition, edema, muscle tone) Food/Nutrition history, Client
history
Nutrition Diagnosis Details - Answer-Naming the diagnosis, identifying the etiology, and
signs and symptoms provides a means to document the link between nutrition
assessment and intervention. 62 have been labeled and clustered into three domains.
Intake, Clinical, Behavioral-Environmental
Intake Domain (NI) - Answer-contains actual problems related to the intake of energy,
nutrients, fluids, or bioactive substances through oral diet or nutrition support
Clinical Domain (NC) - Answer-includes nutritional finding/problems as related to
medical or physical conditions
Behavior-Environmental Domain (NB) - Answer-Contains nutritional findings/problems
identified that relate to knowledge, attitudes/beliefs, physical environment, access to
food, and food safety
PES Statement - Answer-The nutrition diagnosis is written as a structured statement
called nutrition diagnosis statement or _____ __________
NCPM - Answer-systematic process describing how dietetics professionals provide care
with patients/clients. Designed to improve the consistency and quality of individualized
patient/client care and the predictability of patient/client outcomes.
Purpose of the NCP - Answer-Provides dietetics professionals a consistent and
systematic structure. Assists professionals to scientifically and holistically manage
nutrition care. Increases probability of healthier outcomes. Challenges dietitians to move
to evidenced based practice.
NCP - Answer-Systematic, problem-solving method used by dietitians to: critically think,
make decisions addressing nutrition-related problems, provide safe, effective and high
quality nutrition care.
NCPM Includes - Answer-Central Core
Outer rings: middle and outer ring
Support systems
Screening/trigger and referral
Outcomes management (Performance improvement)
Nutrition Care Process (NCP)
Central Core - Answer-Relationship between the patient/client and dietetics
professional.
Characteristics of the relationship: collaborative, individualized, patient-focused
Middle Ring (Part of outer rings) - Answer-Clinician Strengths- Dietetics knowledge,
skills and competencies, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, evidence based
practice (reliance on research for the foundation of practice) Code of Ethics
Outer Ring - Answer-External Environment- Economics, health care system, practice
setting, social support, education
Nutrition Assessment - Answer-systematic process of obtaining, verifying, and
interpreting data in order to make decisions about the nature and cause of nutrition
related problems
Nutrition Diagnosis - Answer-identification and naming of the specific nutrition problems
that come from the nut assessment. "Missing link" between assessment and
intervention. It is those nutrition problems that the dietetics professional are responsible
for treating independently.
Nutrition Intervention - Answer-Purposely 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
, Nutrition monitoring and Evaluation - Answer-involves an active commitment to
measuring and recording 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 clients goals are being met.
MNT - Answer-Specific application of the NCP that is focused on the management of
diseases. NCP articulates the consistent and specific steps a dietetics professional
would use when delivering this. It is one application of NCP and should not be used to
describe all of the nutrition services that dietetics professionals provide.
Medical diagnosis - Answer-is a disease of pathology of organs or body systems and
does not change as long as the condition exists. It is the art of distinguishing one
disease from another and describes the nature of that disease.
Nutrition diagnosis - Answer-is written in terms of a client problem for which nutrition-
related activities provide the primary intervention. It identifies and labels a specific
nutrition related problem that a dietetics professional is responsible for treating
independently. Its often temporary and with nutrition intervention the ____ ______ often
resolves.
Nutrition Assessment Details - Answer-Obtain and collet timely and appropriate data.
analyze and interpret data using evidence based standards. Date categories include:
biochemical, medical test, and procedures. Anthropometrical measurements, physical
examinations (BP, skin condition, edema, muscle tone) Food/Nutrition history, Client
history
Nutrition Diagnosis Details - Answer-Naming the diagnosis, identifying the etiology, and
signs and symptoms provides a means to document the link between nutrition
assessment and intervention. 62 have been labeled and clustered into three domains.
Intake, Clinical, Behavioral-Environmental
Intake Domain (NI) - Answer-contains actual problems related to the intake of energy,
nutrients, fluids, or bioactive substances through oral diet or nutrition support
Clinical Domain (NC) - Answer-includes nutritional finding/problems as related to
medical or physical conditions
Behavior-Environmental Domain (NB) - Answer-Contains nutritional findings/problems
identified that relate to knowledge, attitudes/beliefs, physical environment, access to
food, and food safety
PES Statement - Answer-The nutrition diagnosis is written as a structured statement
called nutrition diagnosis statement or _____ __________
