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,Chapter 1 - Role of the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in the Health Care
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True / False
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1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which
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nutriti on and dietetics practitioners perform.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand k



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2. Hospice facilities focus on integrated, multidisciplinary assistance for recovery from acute or
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chro nic illness and/or surgical procedures.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember k



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3. With a minimum of 1,000 hours of related practice and at least 90 continuing education
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credit s, a registered dietitian may become a lactation consultant.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand k



REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
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4. Medical doctors are commonly responsible for the initial nutrition screening of patients
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and for notifying the dietitian if a patient’s intake is inadequate.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand k



REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
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5. Some states provide Medicaid benefits for nutrition services, but there is significant variability
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betw een states.
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a. True
b. False



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,ANSWER: True
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REFERENCES: k k Health Care Services and Reimbursement for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)
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6. To provide optimal nutritional care, all aspects of a patient’s life must be considered.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand k



REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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7. Evidence-based practice can best be defined as purposeful, self-
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regulatory judgment that results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference upon
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kwhich that judgment is based.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember k



REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as
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kprac tice standards.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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9. The steps of the decision-making process do not necessarily take place in a particular sequence.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand k



REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
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10. The AND’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that outcomes
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ka re measurable and evidence-based.
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a. True
b. False
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, ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
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