LPE 1 questions with solutions
Autonomy - answersensures a patient, client, or professional has the capacity and self-
determination to engage in individual decision-making specific to personal health or
practice.
beneficience - answersencompasses taking positive steps to benefit others, which
includes balancing benefit and risk
competence - answersa principle of professional practice, identifying the ability of the
provider to administer safe and reliable services on a consistent basis.
conflicts of interest - answersdefined as a personal or financial interest or a duty to
another party which may prevent a person from acting in the best interests of the
intended beneficiary, including simultaneous membership on boards with potentially
conflicting interests related to the profession, members or the public.
customer - answersany client, patient, resident, participant, student, consumer,
individual/person, group, population, or organization to which the nutrition and dietetics
practitioner provides service.
diversity - answersThe Academy values and respects the diverse viewpoints and
individual differences of all people. The Academy's mission and vision are most
effectively realized through the promotion of a diverse membership that reflects cultural,
ethnic, gender, racial, religious, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, geographical,
political, educational, experiential and philosophical characteristics of the public it
services. The Academy actively identifies and offers opportunities to individuals with
varied skills, talents, abilities, ideas, disabilities, backgrounds and practice expertise."
EBP - answersis an approach to health care wherein health practitioners use the best
evidence possible, i.e., the most appropriate information available, to make decisions
for individuals, groups and populations.
values, enhances and builds on clinical expertise, knowledge of disease mechanisms,
and pathophysiology. It involves complex and conscientious decision-making based not
only on the available evidence but also on client characteristics, situations, and
preferences. It recognizes that health care is individualized and ever changing and
involves uncertainties and probabilities.
, incorporates successful strategies that improve client outcomes and are derived from
various sources of evidence including research, national guidelines, policies, consensus
statements, systematic analysis of clinical experience, quality improvement data,
specialized knowledge and skills of experts.
Justice - answerssupports fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment for individuals1 and
fair allocation of resources.
Non-maleficence - answersis the intent to not inflict harm
advanced beginner lvl of education - answersan individual enrolled in supervised
practice phase of dietetics education either following or concurrent with the acquisition
of didactic knowledge.
has a working knowledge of nutrition science and practice. The advanced beginner
increases their skills and abilities throughout the supervised practice period and
develops increasing levels of autonomy to complete the credentialing process for
subsequent employment as a professional.
The definition is based on the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition.
competencies - answerscombination of observable and measurable knowledge,
attitude, skills, abilities, behaviors, and other characteristics that an individual needs to
perform work roles or occupational functions successfully.
specify the "how" of performing job tasks, or what the person needs to do the job
successfully
competent lvl of practice - answerss demonstrated by practitioners who achieve
credentialing as an RDN or NDTR and consistently provide safe and reliable services by
employing appropriate knowledge, skills, behaviors and values in accordance with
accepted standards for the profession.
practitioners critically evaluate their own practice; improve performance based on self-
awareness, applied science, and feedback from others; and engage in continuing
education to enhance skills, proficiency and knowledge. Self-evaluation is particularly
important when shifting roles throughout the practitioner's career
expert lvl of practice - answersdemonstrated by an RDN or NDTR who is recognized
within the profession and has mastered the highest degree of skill in and knowledge of
nutrition and dietetics.
___ achievement is acquired through ongoing critical evaluation of practice and
feedback from others with additional knowledge, experience, and training.
Autonomy - answersensures a patient, client, or professional has the capacity and self-
determination to engage in individual decision-making specific to personal health or
practice.
beneficience - answersencompasses taking positive steps to benefit others, which
includes balancing benefit and risk
competence - answersa principle of professional practice, identifying the ability of the
provider to administer safe and reliable services on a consistent basis.
conflicts of interest - answersdefined as a personal or financial interest or a duty to
another party which may prevent a person from acting in the best interests of the
intended beneficiary, including simultaneous membership on boards with potentially
conflicting interests related to the profession, members or the public.
customer - answersany client, patient, resident, participant, student, consumer,
individual/person, group, population, or organization to which the nutrition and dietetics
practitioner provides service.
diversity - answersThe Academy values and respects the diverse viewpoints and
individual differences of all people. The Academy's mission and vision are most
effectively realized through the promotion of a diverse membership that reflects cultural,
ethnic, gender, racial, religious, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, geographical,
political, educational, experiential and philosophical characteristics of the public it
services. The Academy actively identifies and offers opportunities to individuals with
varied skills, talents, abilities, ideas, disabilities, backgrounds and practice expertise."
EBP - answersis an approach to health care wherein health practitioners use the best
evidence possible, i.e., the most appropriate information available, to make decisions
for individuals, groups and populations.
values, enhances and builds on clinical expertise, knowledge of disease mechanisms,
and pathophysiology. It involves complex and conscientious decision-making based not
only on the available evidence but also on client characteristics, situations, and
preferences. It recognizes that health care is individualized and ever changing and
involves uncertainties and probabilities.
, incorporates successful strategies that improve client outcomes and are derived from
various sources of evidence including research, national guidelines, policies, consensus
statements, systematic analysis of clinical experience, quality improvement data,
specialized knowledge and skills of experts.
Justice - answerssupports fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment for individuals1 and
fair allocation of resources.
Non-maleficence - answersis the intent to not inflict harm
advanced beginner lvl of education - answersan individual enrolled in supervised
practice phase of dietetics education either following or concurrent with the acquisition
of didactic knowledge.
has a working knowledge of nutrition science and practice. The advanced beginner
increases their skills and abilities throughout the supervised practice period and
develops increasing levels of autonomy to complete the credentialing process for
subsequent employment as a professional.
The definition is based on the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition.
competencies - answerscombination of observable and measurable knowledge,
attitude, skills, abilities, behaviors, and other characteristics that an individual needs to
perform work roles or occupational functions successfully.
specify the "how" of performing job tasks, or what the person needs to do the job
successfully
competent lvl of practice - answerss demonstrated by practitioners who achieve
credentialing as an RDN or NDTR and consistently provide safe and reliable services by
employing appropriate knowledge, skills, behaviors and values in accordance with
accepted standards for the profession.
practitioners critically evaluate their own practice; improve performance based on self-
awareness, applied science, and feedback from others; and engage in continuing
education to enhance skills, proficiency and knowledge. Self-evaluation is particularly
important when shifting roles throughout the practitioner's career
expert lvl of practice - answersdemonstrated by an RDN or NDTR who is recognized
within the profession and has mastered the highest degree of skill in and knowledge of
nutrition and dietetics.
___ achievement is acquired through ongoing critical evaluation of practice and
feedback from others with additional knowledge, experience, and training.
