Medical Nutrition Therapy
Recommended protein intake for stage 3–5 CKD not on dialysis
What is 0.6–0.8 g/kg?
Central-line delivered nutrition support
What is total parenteral nutrition?
Code of ethics principle that describes "practice using an evidence-based approach within areas of competence, continuously develop and enhance expertise, and recognize limitations."
What is non-maleficence? (competence and professional development)
Macronutrient that provides 9 kcal per gram
What is fat?
Counseling approach using open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries
What is motivational interviewing?
Diabetes medication class that increases insulin sensitivity
What are biguanides?
(alternative: Thiazolidinediones in muscle and fat cells)
Amino acid requirement considered conditionally essential in severe stress
What is glutamine?
Legal document allowing patients to state future healthcare wishes
What is an advance directive?
Primary storage form of carbohydrate in humans
What is glycogen?
Stage in the Transtheoretical Model where behavior change has been happening in the last 6 months.
What is action?
Enteral formula characteristic for fluid-restricted patients
What is a calorically dense formula (≥1.5 kcal/mL)?
Lipid emulsion is primarily made up of these type of fats.
What are long chain fatty acids?
Situation requiring referral to another healthcare professional
What is outside one's scope of practice?
Enzyme responsible for breaking down triglycerides
What is lipase?
SMART goal component addressing measurability
What is measurable?
First-line nutrition therapy for celiac disease
What is a strict gluten-free diet?
Metabolic complication from rapid advancement of nutrition
What is refeeding syndrome?
This is the defined procedures, actions, and processes that a licensed or certified professional is permitted to undertake, strictly within the boundaries of their education, training, and state-mandated licensing laws
What is scope of practice?
Vitamin required as part of the coenzyme NAD⁺
What is niacin?
A structured communication technique requiring the listener to fully concentrate, understand, respond, and remember what is being said
What is active listening?
Condition requiring lifelong vitamin B12 supplementation after surgery
What is total gastrectomy?
Lab sign most associated with refeeding syndrome
What is hypophosphatemia?
Federal law protecting patient health information
What is HIPAA?
Metabolic state in which ketone bodies are the primary fuel
What is ketosis?
Term describing confidence in one's ability to change behavior
What is self-efficacy?