Nursing Nutrition Exam 1 - Lecture 1
2025 with 100% correct answers
*The recommended dietary allowance (RDAs) are said o be primarily for professional use. Why? - correct
answers ✔✔Because they deal with quantities of nutrients rather than amounts of food
T/F: body broadens nutrition to an art as well as a science - correct answers ✔✔true
what are nurses responsible for in hospitalized patients? - correct answers ✔✔nurses may be
responsible for screening hospitalized patients to identify patients at nutritional risk
-nurses serve as a liason between the dietitian and physician as well as with other members of the
health-care team
-are often available as a nutrition resource when dietitians are not
what is nutrition screening? - correct answers ✔✔a quick look at a few variables to identify individuals
who are malnourished or who are at risk for malnutrition
•focuses mostly on intake risks common to that population, such as whether the clients eats alone most
of the time and/or has physical limitations that impair the ability to buy or cook food
what is the joint commission? - correct answers ✔✔non profit organization, that sets health's standards.
what is the nutritional assessment? - correct answers ✔✔identifies specific risks or confirm the existence
of malnutrition.
•More accurately called nutrition care process
Albumin and pre albumin have been used as what? - correct answers ✔✔used as diagnostic markers of
malnutrition
what is the body mass index? whats normal BMI? what is 1 drawback? - correct answers ✔✔an index of
person's weight in relation to height used to estimate relative risk of health problems related to weight
2025 with 100% correct answers
*The recommended dietary allowance (RDAs) are said o be primarily for professional use. Why? - correct
answers ✔✔Because they deal with quantities of nutrients rather than amounts of food
T/F: body broadens nutrition to an art as well as a science - correct answers ✔✔true
what are nurses responsible for in hospitalized patients? - correct answers ✔✔nurses may be
responsible for screening hospitalized patients to identify patients at nutritional risk
-nurses serve as a liason between the dietitian and physician as well as with other members of the
health-care team
-are often available as a nutrition resource when dietitians are not
what is nutrition screening? - correct answers ✔✔a quick look at a few variables to identify individuals
who are malnourished or who are at risk for malnutrition
•focuses mostly on intake risks common to that population, such as whether the clients eats alone most
of the time and/or has physical limitations that impair the ability to buy or cook food
what is the joint commission? - correct answers ✔✔non profit organization, that sets health's standards.
what is the nutritional assessment? - correct answers ✔✔identifies specific risks or confirm the existence
of malnutrition.
•More accurately called nutrition care process
Albumin and pre albumin have been used as what? - correct answers ✔✔used as diagnostic markers of
malnutrition
what is the body mass index? whats normal BMI? what is 1 drawback? - correct answers ✔✔an index of
person's weight in relation to height used to estimate relative risk of health problems related to weight
