Ch.1 Full Test Bank Introduction to Nutritional Assessment

Multiple Choice

1. 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?

A. Nutritional assessment

B. Nutritional screening

C. The nutrition care process

D. Nutrition monitoring

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

A. Nutrition monitoring and evaluation

B. Nutrition assessment

C. Nutrition diagnosis

D. Nutrition intervention

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

A. The dietitian’s strengths and abilities

B. The four steps of the Nutrition Care Process

C. Environmental factors impacting the patient’s ability to benefit from the Nutrition Care Process

D. The relationship between the dietitian and the patient

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

A. The medical diagnosis

B. Nutritional assessment data

C. The patient’s signs and symptoms

D. The patient’s medical history

5. In the Nutrition Care Process, the selection of the intervention is driven by __________.

A. the medical diagnosis

B. nutritional assessment data

C. the patient’s signs and symptoms

D. the nutrition diagnosis and its etiology

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

A. the medical diagnosis

B. the nutrition diagnosis

C. the patient’s signs and symptoms

D. the patient’s medical history

7. Nutrition diagnostic terms that describe problems related to inadequate, excessive, or inappropriate food or nutrient consumption are part of the __________ domain.

A. behavioral-environmental

B. clinical

C. intake

D. intervention

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

A. behavioral-environmental

B. clinical

C. intake

D. intervention

9. Nutrition diagnostic terms that describe nutritional problems related to nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about food and nutrition, the physical environment, access to food, and food safety are part of the __________ domain.

A. behavioral-environmental

B. clinical

C. intake

D. intervention

10. 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 __________.

A. nutrition assessment

B. nutrition diagnosis

C. nutrition intervention

D. nutrition monitoring and evaluation

11. The step in the Nutrition Care Process that involves objectively determining whether and to what extent the goals of the intervention have been met is known as __________.

A. nutrition assessment

B. nutrition diagnosis

C. nutrition intervention

D. nutrition monitoring and evaluation

True/False

12. The Nutrition Care Process is intended to help standardize the process of delivering nutrition-related care, but is not intended to standardize the actual nutrition care that different patients receive.

13. Nutritional assessment is a one-time, isolated event that occurs at the beginning of a patient’s nutrition-related care.

14. The medical diagnosis and the nutrition diagnosis are the same.

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

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

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

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

19. An example of a reference standard for food and nutrient intake against which an estimate of the patient’s nutrient intake can be compared is the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

20. 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.

21. While the term epidemic is typically used to describe a marked increase in the number of cases of an infectious or communicable disease over a certain period of time, the term can appropriately be used to describe a marked increase in noncommunicable diseases or other adverse health conditions such as obesity.

22. 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.

Ans. False

23. Nutritional screening precedes nutritional assessment.

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24. 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 __________.

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

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

27. Nutrition diagnostic terms are divided into three __________.

28. 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 __________.

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

30. The activities necessary to provide timely information about the contributions of food and nutrient consumption and nutritional status to the health of a population group or nation are known as __________.