MNT Basics

Medical Nutrition Therapy - Basics
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1. Dietetics The study of prescription of diets under special pathologic

or physiologic circumstances or need.
2. Dietitian The translator of nutritional principles for any individual

or group in health or in illness. They are referred to as
nutritionist-dietitians in the Philiplines
3. diet prescription A statement which designates the type, amount, route of

ingestion, texture, and frequency of feeding or meals.
4. Diet therapy Branch of dietetics that is concerned with the use of food
and drink for therapeutic purpose
5. Medical Nutrition The use of specific nutrition services to treat an illness,

Therapy injury, or condition.
6. Clinical nutrition The branch of health science that deals with the diagnosis,
prevention, and treatment of a disease caused by deficien-
cy or excess of nutrients.
7. Nutrition support A variety of techniques used when a patient is unable to

meet his or her nutritional needs
8. Indirect Best method of measuring TER in the clinical setting

calorimetry
9. Energy expendi- Derived formulas used by clinicians to estimate TER when

ture formulas indirect calorimetry is not possible
10. Liberalization A principle of diet therapy which states that a diet should
meet body's requirements as generously as possible.
11. Simplification A principle of diet therapy which states that althe therapeu-
tic diet must not vary largely from the individuals' normal
diet.
12. Individualization A principle of diet therapy which emphasizes that a diet

provided should be based on a patient's food habits, pref-
erences, and all relevant environmental factors pertaining
to him or her.
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13. High A diet prescription description which indicates that a nutri-

ent is increased as compared to that present in the normal
diet
14. Low A diet prescription description which indicates that a nu-

trient is decreased as compared to that present in the
normal diet
15. Restricted A diet prescription description which indicates that the

amount of a certain nutrient is limited to a certain level
16. Controlled A diet prescription description which indicates that the

type and amount of a nutrient is specified
17. Free A diet prescription description which indicates that a nutri-

ent is totally eliminated from the diet
18. Nutrition Coun- The process of providing professional dietary advice in

selling order to guide a patient in meeting his/her health re-
quirments. It is both an intervention and MOE
19. Medical record A legal, confidential document that is an ongoing collec-

tion of information documenting a patient's medical care;
as such, it facilitates communication between healthcare
members.
20. Nutrition Care A systemaric approaxh to providing high-quality nutrition

Process care. It is devised by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietet-
ics, formerly The American Dietetics Association
21. Nutrition Care A unique, standardized language used for the Nutrition
Process Termi- Care Process
nolgies
22. Nutrition Assess- An ongoing, dynamic process of NCP with the purpose of
ment obtaining, verifying, and interpreting data needed to Iden-
tify nutrition-related problems, its causes and importance.
23.
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Nutrition Diagno- A process of NCP which seeks to identify and describe
sis a specific nutrition problem that can be resolved through
treatment or nutrition intervention
24. Intake, Clinical, Three domains of nutrition diagnosis terminolgies

Behavioral-Envi-
ronmental
25. P-E-S format The proper format used in writing a nutrition diagnosis
26. Nutrition Inter- A process of NCP which seeks to resolvethe nutrition

vention diagnoses through the provision of advice, education, or
diet tailored to the needs of the patient
27. Nutrition Moni- A process of NCP which intends to measure and assess
toring and Evalu- the amount of progress once provided with nutrition inter-
ation vention. This includes checking whether goals are met or
not.
28. ADIME Currently used documentation format of NCP
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_52r707

1. Dietetics The study of prescription of diets under special pathologic

2. Dietitian The translator of nutritional principles for any individual

3. diet prescription A statement which designates the type, amount, route of

5. Medical Nutrition The use of specific nutrition services to treat an illness,

7. Nutrition support A variety of techniques used when a patient is unable to

8. Indirect Best method of measuring TER in the clinical setting

9. Energy expendi- Derived formulas used by clinicians to estimate TER when

12. Individualization A principle of diet therapy which emphasizes that a diet

13. High A diet prescription description which indicates that a nutri-

14. Low A diet prescription description which indicates that a nu-

15. Restricted A diet prescription description which indicates that the

16. Controlled A diet prescription description which indicates that the

17. Free A diet prescription description which indicates that a nutri-

18. Nutrition Coun- The process of providing professional dietary advice in

19. Medical record A legal, confidential document that is an ongoing collec-

20. Nutrition Care A systemaric approaxh to providing high-quality nutrition

24. Intake, Clinical, Three domains of nutrition diagnosis terminolgies

26. Nutrition Inter- A process of NCP which seeks to resolvethe nutrition

28. ADIME Currently used documentation format of NCP

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