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Malnutrition
✓ Any disorder of nutritional status including disorders resulting from a
deficiency of nutrient intake, impaired nutrient absorption or
metabolism, or overnutrition
Causes and consequences of malnutrition
✓ *inadequate intake
✓ - fatigue, pain, inability to eat by mouth, etc.
✓ *inadequate absorption
✓ - gut dysbiosis, medication use, GI bleeding, etc.
✓ *increased requirements
✓ - injury, trauma, infection
✓ *inadequate utilization
✓ - diabetes (taking in enough, but not using it correctly)
✓ *increased loses
✓ - wounds, fistulas, chronic diarrhea, etc.
What is nutrition screening and when is it typically done?
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✓ It identifies patients who are at risk of malnutrition that may benefit from
nutrition assessment and/or intervention. It is usually done right away by
the nurse (must be done within 24h).
✓ - Should be readily available data and is quick and easy to perform.
What organization accredits, evaluates, and sets standards for healthcare
institutions, and mandates that screening be done in a particular time frame
after a patient is admitted to a hospital? What is that time frame?
✓ The Joint Commission; in 1996 they mandated that all patients that
come to the hospital must have a nutrition screening performed within
24 hours of coming to the hospital.
Who is primarily responsible for delivering nutrition care in clinical (and other)
settings?
✓ RDNs use the NCP as a framework for practice.
What is MNT, and how does it relate to the NCP?
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✓ Medical Nutrition Therapy is relevant to the intervention step of the
NCP.
✓ * MNT is a type of nutrition care that:
✓ - Uses specific nutritional interventions to treat an illness, injury, or
condition
✓ - Involves comprehensive assessment and provision of diet
modification, counseling, or specialized nutrition therapies by RDs
✓ - In hospitals, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation facilities, home
care settings, outpatient clinical settings
How do TJC, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, ASPEN, and other
professional societies ensure the quality of nutrition care?
✓ The Joint Commission
✓ - accredits, evaluates, and sets standards
✓ The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
✓ - Core Knowledge for the RD
✓ - Standards of practice in nutrition care
✓ ASPEN
✓ - Clinical practice guidelines, algorithms, and pathways
✓ - Specialized certifications
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What are the three components of evidence-based practice?
✓ 1. Evidence Based Research
✓ 2. Clinical Expertise
✓ 3. Patient Values and Preferences
What is considered to be the strongest type of evidence that would receive a
Grade A rating?
✓ Randomized Control Trial
What are the attributes of quality nutrition care?
✓ - ethical
✓ - patient-centered
✓ - culturally appropriate
✓ - interprofessionally collaborative
What is Medicare?
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