Which item is included in the Nutrition Care Assessment (CAA)?

• A. Need for IDT
• B. Exercise program plan
• C. Facility environmental controls
• D. Genetic testing results

Answer: (A)

The important idea here is that nutrition care assessment gathers information about how care should be delivered, including whether a multidisciplinary team is needed to support the patient's nutrition goals. Recognizing the need for an interdisciplinary team is part of the assessment because it directly influences how the plan will be structured, who gets involved, and how monitoring will proceed. If the patient’s needs span several domains—medical, dietary, functional, social—identifying that a team approach is required helps ensure appropriate collaboration from the start.

The other items belong to parts of the care process that are not typically captured in the initial nutrition assessment. An exercise program plan is more about the intervention to improve physical activity, which falls under the plan or intervention phase. Facility environmental controls concern the care setting and safety factors rather than nutrition data itself. Genetic testing results may be relevant in specific, targeted contexts but are not standard components of a routine nutrition assessment.