Nutrition Therapy and
Pathophysiology 3rd Edition
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TEST BANK
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Marcia Nelms
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Kathryn P. Sucher
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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and Students
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© Marcia Nelms & Kathryn P. Sucher
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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, Chapter 1 - Role of the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in the Health Care
True / False
1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which
nutrition and dietetics practitioners perform.
a. True
ST
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
UV
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
2. Hospice facilities focus on integrated, multidisciplinary assistance for recovery from acute or
chronic illness and/or surgical procedures.
a. True
IA
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
_A
3. With a minimum of 1,000 hours of related practice and at least 90 continuing education credits,
a registered dietitian may become a lactation consultant.
a. True
PP
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
RO
4. Medical doctors are commonly responsible for the initial nutrition screening of patients and
for notifying the dietitian if a patient’s intake is inadequate.
a. True
b. False
VE
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
5. Some states provide Medicaid benefits for nutrition services, but there is significant variability
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between states.
a. True
b. False
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, ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Health Care Services and Reimbursement for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)
6. To provide optimal nutritional care, all aspects of a patient’s life must be considered.
a. True
ST
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
UV
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
7. Evidence-based practice can best be defined as purposeful, self-regulatory judgment that results
in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference upon which that judgment is based.
a. True
IA
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
_A
8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as practice
standards.
a. True
PP
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
RO
9. The steps of the decision-making process do not necessarily take place in a particular sequence.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
VE
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
10. The AND’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that outcomes are
D?
measurable and evidence-based.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
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, REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
Multiple Choice
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11. A hospital that is owned or managed by the community or a religious organization rather than a
group of investors is classified as:
a. private profit.
b. veterans/military.
UV
c. private not for profit.
d. public not for profit.
e. public for profit.
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
IA
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
12. What is an example of a tool used by a dietitian to track his or her professional progress as part of
_A
the Practice Management and Advancement Standard?
a. Scope of Practice for the RD and DTR
b. CDR Professional Development Portfolio
c. Nutrition Care Process Reference Manual
d. Scope of Practice Decision Tool
PP
e. Dietetics Career Development Guide
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
RO
13. Reviewing productivity reports, hiring and training employees, and developing policies are all major
tasks of the:
a. clinical nutrition manager.
b. dietetic assistant.
VE
c. clinical dietitian.
d. diet clerk.
e. dietetic technician (DTR)
ANSWER: a
D?
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
14. Processing diet orders, checking menus against standards, and setting up standard nourishment are
all major tasks of the:
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Pathophysiology 3rd Edition
ST
TEST BANK
UV
IA
_A
Marcia Nelms
PP
Kathryn P. Sucher
RO
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
VE
and Students
D?
© Marcia Nelms & Kathryn P. Sucher
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
©MedConnoisseur
, Chapter 1 - Role of the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in the Health Care
True / False
1. The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which
nutrition and dietetics practitioners perform.
a. True
ST
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
UV
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
2. Hospice facilities focus on integrated, multidisciplinary assistance for recovery from acute or
chronic illness and/or surgical procedures.
a. True
IA
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
_A
3. With a minimum of 1,000 hours of related practice and at least 90 continuing education credits,
a registered dietitian may become a lactation consultant.
a. True
PP
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
RO
4. Medical doctors are commonly responsible for the initial nutrition screening of patients and
for notifying the dietitian if a patient’s intake is inadequate.
a. True
b. False
VE
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams
5. Some states provide Medicaid benefits for nutrition services, but there is significant variability
D?
between states.
a. True
b. False
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, ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Health Care Services and Reimbursement for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)
6. To provide optimal nutritional care, all aspects of a patient’s life must be considered.
a. True
ST
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
UV
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
7. Evidence-based practice can best be defined as purposeful, self-regulatory judgment that results
in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference upon which that judgment is based.
a. True
IA
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
_A
8. The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as practice
standards.
a. True
PP
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
RO
9. The steps of the decision-making process do not necessarily take place in a particular sequence.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
VE
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
10. The AND’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance requires that outcomes are
D?
measurable and evidence-based.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
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, REFERENCES: Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Professional Performance
Multiple Choice
ST
11. A hospital that is owned or managed by the community or a religious organization rather than a
group of investors is classified as:
a. private profit.
b. veterans/military.
UV
c. private not for profit.
d. public not for profit.
e. public for profit.
ANSWER: c
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
IA
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
12. What is an example of a tool used by a dietitian to track his or her professional progress as part of
_A
the Practice Management and Advancement Standard?
a. Scope of Practice for the RD and DTR
b. CDR Professional Development Portfolio
c. Nutrition Care Process Reference Manual
d. Scope of Practice Decision Tool
PP
e. Dietetics Career Development Guide
ANSWER: b
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Understand
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
RO
13. Reviewing productivity reports, hiring and training employees, and developing policies are all major
tasks of the:
a. clinical nutrition manager.
b. dietetic assistant.
VE
c. clinical dietitian.
d. diet clerk.
e. dietetic technician (DTR)
ANSWER: a
D?
DIFFICULTY: Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian in Clinical Practice
14. Processing diet orders, checking menus against standards, and setting up standard nourishment are
all major tasks of the:
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