Exam 1: Introduction to Nutritional Assessment

Nutritional screening precedes nutritional assessment.

Data on food and beverage intake based on information provided by a patient or a member of the patient's family are considered to be objective information.

A clinical approach for assessing nutritional status that relies on information collected by the clinician through observation and interviews at the patient's bedside is known as __________.

The planning and implementation of strategies to change nutritional intake, nutrition knowledge and behavior, and environmental conditions to improve the nutrition problem is known as

The process of identifying an individual who is malnourished or who is at risk for malnutrition to determine if a detailed nutrition assessment is indicated is known as __________.

Nutrition diagnostic terms that describe nutritional problems related to specific medical or physical diseases or conditions are part of the __________ domain.

Which of the following is at the center of the Nutrition Care Process Model?

The nutrition diagnosis is written in terms of a patient's problem for which nutrition-related activities provide the primary intervention.

Although noncommunicable diseases such as coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes are becoming more prevalent, the World Health Organization estimates that by the year 2020 communicable or infectious diseases will continue to be the leading causes of death worldwide.

The identification and descriptive labeling of a nutrition problem that the dietetics practitioner is responsible for independently addressing is known as

A systematic method for obtaining, verifying, and interpreting data needed to identify nutrition-related problems, their causes, and their significance is known as __________.

Which of the following is the basis for establishing the nutrition diagnosis?

The format used in the Nutrition Care Process to write a nutrition diagnosis is known as a __________.

In the Nutrition Care Process, the nutrition intervention should target etiology of the problems identified in the medical diagnosis.

Which of the following is the first step in the Nutrition Care Process?

Which of the following is a systematic problem-solving method that dietitians use critical-thinking skills to make evidence-based decisions addressing the nutrition-related problems of their patients?

The recommendations of the nutrition intervention should be patient-driven and have measurable goals that are established in collaboration with the patient.

PES statements are intended to clarify the specific nutrition problem and link the nutrition diagnosis to the nutrition intervention.

The term __________ has been coined to identify what many epidemiologists consider to be a global epidemic of obesity.

The medical diagnosis and the nutrition diagnosis are the same.