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: The Nutrition Care Process (NCP) is a systematic approach to providing high quality
nutrition care.
2. Terminology for this step of NCP is organized in three domains (categories):
a. Monitoring/Evaluation
b. Implementation
c. Diagnosis
d. Assessment
ANSWER: C
RATIO: The final step of the process is monitoring and evaluation, which the RDN uses to
determine if the client has achieved, or is making progress toward, the planned goals
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:
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: Option C is the correct answer since Implementation is the action phase and
involves the following Collaborating with the client to carry out the plan of care,
Communicating the nutrition care plan, Following up and verifying that the plan is being
implemented and Revising strategies based on changes in condition or response to
intervention.