NUTR Assessment Post Test
When assessing nutritional status, which would be most beneficial?
Diet intake info, clinical, laboratory data
Iron status is best monitored by:
Dietary and lab studies
You discovered an incorrect diet order entered on a patients chart. What should you do?
Discuss the order with the physician and make suggestions
The data most useful in evaluating children is
Energy intake and health history
If a child is at the 95th percentile weight for height and after one month drops to the 10th percentile, what does it signify?
Error in measurement
The best way for you to follow-up on a patient's application of diet instruction provided it to
Evaluate his food diary for one week
What is the best practical way to measure energy balance?
Evaluate weight gain and weight loss
An athlete weighs more than the average person of his height. What should you do first?
Examine other anthropometric measurements
What is the best therapy for weight loss
Exercise, diet and behavior modification
If an IDDM tells you she eats meals on an irregular schedule, you should:
Explain that insulin therapy is related to intake
What is the quick diet assessment tool for a large group?
Food frequency list
A female has a 36" waist and a 40" hip measurement. She is at risk for
Heart disease
An elevated T4 indicated
Hyperthyroidism
When should you provide nutrition counseling to an AIDS patient?
Immediately upon diagnosis
Which of the following would be classified as NB in NCP?
Impaired ability to prepare foods d. Excessive protein intake
A nutrition client who primarily consumes frozen dinner and breakfast cereal because of limited access to transportation most likely would have a nutrition diagnosis of
Impaired ability to provide meals
Which of the following would be classified as NI in the NCP
Increased energy
A 6'2" male, large frame, 230 lbs. With type 2 diabetes should
Lose 20 lbs slowly following balanced diet
You are assessing a 4'11" female patient who weighs 160 lbs. She has hyperthyroidism, high cholesterol and diabetes. What do you recommend?
Low carbohydrates
Which survey is repeated every few years?
NHANES
When counseling a diabetic with limited education, which would be most appropriate question to ask in assessing her comprension level?
Name a food that is a fat
A child presents at the 65th percentile for height for age. What does this signify?
Normal
The BMI for a woman who is 5'7" tall and weighs 148 lbs indicates
Normal weight
The NHANES study looks at which parameters?
Nutritional
Which of the following best reflects protein status?
Prealbumin
Which of the following about nutrition screening in a hospital is true?
Provides direction for patient care
Intervention by a dietician conducting nutrition assessment is determined by
Results of nutrition screening
Which is most characteristic of marasmus?
Serum albumin of 2.5 g/dL
Which best applies to nutritional screening?
Should include nutritional parameter
A cancer patient receiving radiation therapy to the head and neck presents with weight loss. The nutrition diagnosis would be
Swallowing difficulty
Which of the following would be classified as NC in NCP?
Swallowing difficulty
In the dietary guidelines, what represents the fat included?
20-35% calories, <10% saturated fat
A standing height should be first obtained when an infant is how many months old?
24
A female, 5'7" tall, weighs 115 lbs. Six months ago she weighed 130 lbs. What is per percent of ideal body weight?
85%
An example of a "Healthy People" goal is
A decrease in infant mortality
A new patient with a BMI of 32 and hypertension comes to you for counseling. What is your first recommendation?
Achieve DBW
Which statement applies to nutritional screening?
All health team members can participate according to policy
When using anthropometric measurements, the most important factor is:
Competence of the practitioner and calibration
When counseling an anorexic, the best advice is to
Be flexible and help them choose reasonable goals
What correlates best with energy intake?
Body weight
2010 healthy people goals are an outgrowth of a report by
The surgeon general, under HHS
What best measures excess calorie reserves>
Triceps skinfold
Muscle mass is determined using the
Triceps skinfold and arm circumference
Which of the following indicates protein calorie malnutrition?
Triceps skinfold and arm muscle circumference of 79%
Which anthropometric measurements are useful in assessing adults?
Triceps skinfold, arm muscle circumference, height and weight
An athlete needs 4000 calories. The corn flakes nutrient label says that one serving provides 25% of the RDA for CHO. how many servings does he need to get his 25%?
Two
When measuring a child's somatic protein mass, in addition to the BMI, use:
Upper arm muscle area
What is the most useful for evaluating recent under-nutrition or overnutrition
Weight for age
In reviewing the patient's medical record, you note hemoglobin of 10 gm/dL and an MCV of 110 cu mm. You should document:
Anemia with larger than normal erythrocytes
NHANES III increased the number of participants in which age group?
The elderly
