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Chapter 01 - Role of the Dietitian in the Health Care System
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1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which
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nutrition and dietetics practitioners perform.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand ju`
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
2. Hospice facilities focus on integrated, multidisciplinary assistance for recovery from acute or
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chronic illness and/or surgical procedures.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember ju`
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
3. With a minimum of 1,000 hours of related practice and at least 90 continuing education
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credits, a registered dietitian may become a lactation consultant.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand ju`
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams ju` ju` ju`
4. Medical doctors are commonly responsible for the initial nutrition screening of patients and
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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 ju`
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams ju` ju` ju`
5. Some states provide Medicaid benefits for nutrition services, but there is significant variability
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between states.
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,ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand ju`
REFERENCES: Health Care Services and Reimbursement for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
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 ju`
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
7. Evidence-based practice can best be defined as purposeful, self-regulatory judgment that results
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in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference upon which that judgment is based.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember ju`
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as
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practice standards.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember ju`
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
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 ju`
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
10. The AND‘s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that outcomes
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are measurable and evidence-based.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand ju`
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
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11. A hospital that is owned or managed by the community or a religious organization rather than a
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group of investors is classified as:
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ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember ju`
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
12. What is an example of a tool used by a dietitian to track his or her professional progress as part
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of the Practice Management and Advancement Standard?
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a. Scope of Practice for the RD and DTR ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
b. CDR Professional Development Portfolio
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c. Nutrition Care Process Reference Manual ju` ju` ju` ju`
d. Scope of Practice Decision Tool ju` ju` ju` ju`
e. Dietetics Career Development Guide ju` ju` ju`
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand ju`
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
13. Reviewing productivity reports, hiring and training employees, and developing policies are all
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major tasks of the:
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ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember ju`
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
14. Processing diet orders, checking menus against standards, and setting up standard nourishment are
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all major tasks of the:
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, Test Bank for Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology, 4TH Edition by Nelms
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Chapter 01 - Role of the Dietitian in the Health Care System
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True / False ju` ju`
1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which
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nutrition and dietetics practitioners perform.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand ju`
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
2. Hospice facilities focus on integrated, multidisciplinary assistance for recovery from acute or
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chronic illness and/or surgical procedures.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember ju`
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
3. With a minimum of 1,000 hours of related practice and at least 90 continuing education
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credits, a registered dietitian may become a lactation consultant.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand ju`
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams ju` ju` ju`
4. Medical doctors are commonly responsible for the initial nutrition screening of patients and
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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 ju`
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams ju` ju` ju`
5. Some states provide Medicaid benefits for nutrition services, but there is significant variability
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between states.
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a. True
b. False
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,ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand ju`
REFERENCES: Health Care Services and Reimbursement for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
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 ju`
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
7. Evidence-based practice can best be defined as purposeful, self-regulatory judgment that results
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in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference upon which that judgment is based.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember ju`
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as
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practice standards.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember ju`
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
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 ju`
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
10. The AND‘s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that outcomes
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are measurable and evidence-based.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand ju`
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
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11. A hospital that is owned or managed by the community or a religious organization rather than a
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group of investors is classified as:
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a. private profit. ju`
b. veterans/military.
c. private not for profit. ju` ju` ju`
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ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember ju`
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
12. What is an example of a tool used by a dietitian to track his or her professional progress as part
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of the Practice Management and Advancement Standard?
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a. Scope of Practice for the RD and DTR ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
b. CDR Professional Development Portfolio
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c. Nutrition Care Process Reference Manual ju` ju` ju` ju`
d. Scope of Practice Decision Tool ju` ju` ju` ju`
e. Dietetics Career Development Guide ju` ju` ju`
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand ju`
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
13. Reviewing productivity reports, hiring and training employees, and developing policies are all
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major tasks of the:
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a. clinical nutrition manager. ju` ju`
b. dietetic assistant. ju`
c. clinical dietitian. ju`
d. diet clerk. ju`
e. dietetic technician (DTR) ju` ju`
ANSWER: a
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember ju`
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice ju` ju` ju` ju` ju`
14. Processing diet orders, checking menus against standards, and setting up standard nourishment are
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all major tasks of the:
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