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mckennatimberlake

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on: Aug 20, 2018
A patient with dysphagia aspirates food approximately 10 of the time while eating and has no cough reflex. According to the Dysphagia Severity Scale, which level of severity would this patient be classified as having?
 a. 2
  b. 3
  c. 4
  d. 5
  e. 6

Question 2

Describe, in detail, the benefits of the nutrition care process in terms of outcomes management. Be sure to include benefits relating to the profession as a whole as well.


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soda0602

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Reply #1 on: Aug 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

An outcomes management system is used to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the entire NCP (assessment, diagnosis, interventions, outcomes, costs, and other factors) when nutrition care is provided to a number of patients.


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Reply 2 on: Aug 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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