FRESENIUS PCT EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Kidneys - Correct Answers -Filters blood to form urine
Urethra - Correct Answers -Excretes urine
Bladder - Correct Answers -stores urine
Ureter - Correct Answers -Transport urine to the bladder
Osmosis - Correct Answers -The movement of fluid through a semi-permeable
membrane from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high concentration
Diffusion - Correct Answers -The movement of particles through a semi-permeable
membrane from a greater or lesser concentration
Ultrafiltration - Correct Answers -Removes fluid from the patient's blood by use of
pressure across the semi-permeable membrane of the dialyzer
Three things that make up the dialysate - Correct Answers -1. Acid concentrate
2. Bicarbonate concentrate
3. Treated water (R.O. Water)
What makes up the acid bath? - Correct Answers -Sodium chloride, potassium chloride,
magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, dextrose and acetic/citric acid
Isotonic solution (normal) - Correct Answers -Normal and blood cell
Hypotonic solution - Correct Answers -Swollen red blood cell
Hypertonic solution - Correct Answers -Shrunken (crenated) red blood cell
Adequacy - Correct Answers -How well dialysis working to clear waste products from
the blood
Ways to test: OLC testing and Pre/Post BUN (blood urea nitrogen)
When do we do the first total chlorine check in the clinic? - Correct Answers -Before the
first patients treatment starts
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Kidneys - Correct Answers -Filters blood to form urine
Urethra - Correct Answers -Excretes urine
Bladder - Correct Answers -stores urine
Ureter - Correct Answers -Transport urine to the bladder
Osmosis - Correct Answers -The movement of fluid through a semi-permeable
membrane from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high concentration
Diffusion - Correct Answers -The movement of particles through a semi-permeable
membrane from a greater or lesser concentration
Ultrafiltration - Correct Answers -Removes fluid from the patient's blood by use of
pressure across the semi-permeable membrane of the dialyzer
Three things that make up the dialysate - Correct Answers -1. Acid concentrate
2. Bicarbonate concentrate
3. Treated water (R.O. Water)
What makes up the acid bath? - Correct Answers -Sodium chloride, potassium chloride,
magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, dextrose and acetic/citric acid
Isotonic solution (normal) - Correct Answers -Normal and blood cell
Hypotonic solution - Correct Answers -Swollen red blood cell
Hypertonic solution - Correct Answers -Shrunken (crenated) red blood cell
Adequacy - Correct Answers -How well dialysis working to clear waste products from
the blood
Ways to test: OLC testing and Pre/Post BUN (blood urea nitrogen)
When do we do the first total chlorine check in the clinic? - Correct Answers -Before the
first patients treatment starts
