CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
You will answer and rationalize this by yourself. This will be recorded as your quiz. One (1) point will be given to the correct
answer and another one (1) point for the correct ratio. Superimpositions or erasures in your answer/ratio is not allowed.
1. It is a systematic approach to providing high quality nutrition care. The NCP consists of four distinct, interrelated steps?
a. Nursing Care Process
b. Nutrition Care Process
c. Education Process
d. Nursing Model for Nutrition
ANSWER: ___B_____
RATIO:__ Dietetics and nutrition experts deliver nutrition care through a systematic process called the Nutrition Care
Process. _________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Terminology for this step of NCP is organized in three domains (categories):
a. Monitoring/Evaluation
b. Implementation
c. Diagnosis
d. Assessment
ANSWER: _A C & D_______
RATIO:_Implementation is not a part of NCP step, it should be intervention. _________________________________
3. The final step of the process is monitoring and evaluation, which the dietitian/nutritionist uses to determine if the
client has achieved, or is making progress toward, the planned goals.
a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Implementation
d. Monitoring/Evaluation
ANSWER: __D______
RATIO:__ The RDN uses monitoring and evaluation the last or final step of the process, to ascertain whether the client has
attained or is moving closer to the intended goals. ______________________________________________
4. Anthropometric measurement includes?
a. Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), growth pattern indices/percentile ranks, and weight history
b. Lab data (e.g., electrolytes, glucose) and tests (e.g., gastric emptying time, resting metabolic rate)
c. Physical appearance, muscle and fat wasting, swallow function, appetite, and affect
d. Food and nutrient intake, food and nutrient administration, medication, complementary/alternative medicine use
ANSWER: __A______
RATIO:_ Anthropometric measurement includes Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), growth pattern indices/percentile
ranks, and weight history __________________________________________________________________
5. Implementation is the action phase and involves the following. EXCEPT?
a. Collaborating with the client to carry out the plan of care
b. Communicating the nutrition care plan
c. Defining the time and frequency of care, including intensity, duration, and follow-up
d. Following up and verifying that the plan is being implemented
e. Revising strategies based on changes in condition or response to intervention
ANSWER: __C______
RATIO:__ Defining the time and frequency of care, including intensity, duration, and follow-up is not part of the
implementation phase. ____________________________________________________
