Nutrition Exam 3: Nutrition Assessment and Patient Care Questions And All Correct Solutions.
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Nutrition and Disease
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Nutrition And Disease
Health Care Providers (MD, NP) can - Answer write orders, including diet.
Nurses help identify patients in need of nutrition services.
Basic nutrition screening: - Answer Decreased appetite
Unintentional weight loss
Age and medical history
Hydration status and illness severity
Typ...
Nutrition Exam 3: Nutrition Assessment
and Patient Care Questions And All
Correct Solutions.
Health Care Providers (MD, NP) can - Answer write orders, including diet.
Nurses help identify patients in need of nutrition services.
Typically a nurse will do initial screenings to identify *red flags* related to nutrition status, and will work
to bring in Dietitians for increased evaluation of the patient. - Answer *Decreased appetite*- Means
decreased from the patient's normal baseline.
-Unintentional weight loss is significant, especially if it has been rapid over a short period of time.
- Intentional weight loss is not significant related to a nutrition screening, as the patient intended to
loose the weight.
*Age*- increased risk for nutritional problems in very young and very old, as well as those who have
many medical conditions
-People with medical problems
-Patients with poor hydration status (over or under hydration)
*Severe illness* with mental status changes- unable to eat at all potentially.
Registered dietitian-nutritionist (RDN) - Answer Nutrition care process
Detailed nutrition assessments
Nutrition diagnosis
Intervention: provision of specific nutrition therapies
Monitoring and evaluation of outcomes
, Dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) - Answer Take diet histories
Collect information for nutrition screening and assessment
Work directly with patients who are having problems with their meals
Provide basic nutrition education
Should not be asked to counsel patients about modifications for complex disease
ONLY the_______ can initiate the nutrition care process, just as only the nurse can initiate the nursing
process. - Answer RDN
RDN, RN, or DTRs, MDs can all complete ______________ - Answer nutrition screenings
-When screening shows someone at risk- consultation to the RD is necessary
Nutrition care process: - Answer Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Consists of nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring and evaluation
Nutrition screening - Answer Required by The Joint Commission within 48 hours of hospital admission
Identifies whether patients have malnutrition or nutritional risk
Personnel involved
Referral if necessary for further assessment
______% of patients admitted to hospitals are malnourished upon admission or demonstrate
malnutrition during hospitalization! - Answer 40%
Medical nutrition therapy - Answer is a legal term that applies to treatment during prerenal failure and
in diabetic patients who receive nutrition treatments under Medicare from a registered dietitian.
Nutrition Therapy- - Answer Provision of nutrients, education, counseling, and coordinating nutrition
care.
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