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• The Scope of Practice encompasses the range of roles, activities, and regulations within which nutrition and dietetics

practitioners perform.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist1 in Clinical Practice

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

• Hospice facilities focus on integrated, multidisciplinary assistance for recovery from acute or chronic illness and/or

surgical procedures.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist1 in Clinical Practice

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

• 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.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

• Physicians are commonly responsible for the initial nutrition screening of patients and for notifying the dietitian if a

patient's food intake is inadequate.

• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Other Health Professionals—Interdisciplinary Teams

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

• Some states provide Medicaid benefits for nutrition services, but there is significant variability between states.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Health Care Services and Reimbursement for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

• To provide optimal nutritional care, all aspects of a patient's life must be considered.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Developing Clinical Skills and Professional Performance

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

• Evidence-based practice can best be defined as purposeful, self-regulatory judgment that results in interpretation,

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• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Developing Clinical Skills and Professional Performance

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

• The cognitive processes that a dietitian goes through to make clinical judgments are known as practice standards.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Developing Clinical Skills and Professional Performance

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

• The steps of the decision-making process do not necessarily take place in a particular sequence.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Developing Clinical Skills and Professional Performance

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

• The AND's Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Performance require that outcomes are measurable and

evidence-based.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Developing Clinical Skills and Professional Performance

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

• A hospital that is owned or managed by the community or a religious organization rather than by a group of investors

is classified as:

• private profit
• veterans/military
• private not for profit
• public not for profit
• public for profit

ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist1 in Clinical Practice

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

• Which of the following is an example of a tool used by a dietitian to track his or her professional progress as part of

the Practice Management and Advancement Standard?

• Scope of Practice for the RD and DTR
• CDR Professional Development Portfolio
• Nutrition Care Process Reference Manual
• Academy Definition of Terms List
• Dietetics Career Development Guide

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist1 in Clinical Practice

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