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CLINICAL ANNUAL COMPETENCY EXAM
FRESENIUS QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Clamp the venous line - Correct Answer: Dialysis has been initiated on a
patient using a right internal jugular catheter, as the blood pump is
turned up to 200 ml/min, foam begins to accumulate in the lines. The
patient begins to wheeze, and becomes short of breath. The care givers
FIRST action would be to
Disinfect with 1:100 bleach water and rinse with RO water until
negative for bleach - Correct Answer: If the bicarbonate jugs have been
in storage and are needed for emergency use, what action must be
taken prior to use?
Less than 0.10 ppm - Correct Answer: According to FMS policy, the safe
level for total chlorine is
Bananas, orange juice, and salt substitute - Correct Answer: What has
the highest potassium content
Remote Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) alarms in treatment room - Correct
Answer: What notification process would alert the staff of poor water
quality during the dialysis treatment
After the completion of the last patient treatment - Correct Answer:
Following FMC policy, when should the second hardness test be
, 2
completed
10 minutes - Correct Answer: According to AAMI standards the required
exposure time of water to the carbon filters to effectively remove
chlorine and chloramine is
Notify the RN in charge to stop treatment - Correct Answer: If the
second GAC (carbon) filter exceeds the acceptable limit for total
chlorine, what is the next step?
Hypotension - Correct Answer: Excessive fluid removal during dialysis,
combined with the patients taking an anti hypertension medication may
result in the patient having
Should be engaged before removing the needle from the patient
access - Correct Answer: When removing needles from an internal
access the needles safety device
CLINICAL ANNUAL COMPETENCY EXAM
FRESENIUS QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Clamp the venous line - Correct Answer: Dialysis has been initiated on a
patient using a right internal jugular catheter, as the blood pump is
turned up to 200 ml/min, foam begins to accumulate in the lines. The
patient begins to wheeze, and becomes short of breath. The care givers
FIRST action would be to
Disinfect with 1:100 bleach water and rinse with RO water until
negative for bleach - Correct Answer: If the bicarbonate jugs have been
in storage and are needed for emergency use, what action must be
taken prior to use?
Less than 0.10 ppm - Correct Answer: According to FMS policy, the safe
level for total chlorine is
Bananas, orange juice, and salt substitute - Correct Answer: What has
the highest potassium content
Remote Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) alarms in treatment room - Correct
Answer: What notification process would alert the staff of poor water
quality during the dialysis treatment
After the completion of the last patient treatment - Correct Answer:
Following FMC policy, when should the second hardness test be
, 2
completed
10 minutes - Correct Answer: According to AAMI standards the required
exposure time of water to the carbon filters to effectively remove
chlorine and chloramine is
Notify the RN in charge to stop treatment - Correct Answer: If the
second GAC (carbon) filter exceeds the acceptable limit for total
chlorine, what is the next step?
Hypotension - Correct Answer: Excessive fluid removal during dialysis,
combined with the patients taking an anti hypertension medication may
result in the patient having
Should be engaged before removing the needle from the patient
access - Correct Answer: When removing needles from an internal
access the needles safety device
