DaVita (RN) FINAL REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2022/2023 UPDATE

DaVita (RN) FINAL REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2022/2023 UPDATE When dialyzing a patient with acute kidney injury, one task of the patient care teammates is to monitor blood pressure and weight closely. Why is it important? --- ANSWER---hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia and can further damage the kidneys CKD can have its orgin pre-renal , intra-renalm or post renal. Which of the following conditions is an intra-renal cause of CKD ---ANSWER---HTN Knowing what caused your patient's CKD ---ANSWER---is important because the underlying disease could cause health complications that can impact the dialysis treatment When a PCT documents the extent of a patient's edema, for example as +3 --- ANSWER---the PCT is preforming an assessment which is not allowed legally When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, ---ANSWER---the automatic BP reading may not be accurate Which of the following is a data collection ---ANSWER---HR 72 at what time should the post treatment data collection be completed ---ANSWER---after the treatment has been completed the A in smart communication stands for ---ANSWER---actual- just report the facts which of the following events is defined as a near miss ---ANSWER---the wrong dialyzer was set up and primed for a patient, but it was caught before dialysis was initiated and the dialyzer was replaced using the __________ approach is one way to fill out an REM ---ANSWER---SBAR What is your main priority when returning a patient's blood with the hand crank during a power outage? ---ANSWER---you must be vigilant in watching for air in the blood lines what problem will cause an increase in the patient's VP ---ANSWER---a clot in the venous drip chamber Which blood test must be performed at regular intervals on patients susceptible to HPB ---ANSWER---HBsAg who is accountable for appropriate patient and teammate scheduling in the acute setting ---ANSWER--- you are dialyzing a patient and the only available HPB surveillance test is a HBsAb of 8. What are the machine disinfection requirements after dialyzing this patient? --- ANSWER---the machine must be heat disinfected at the end of each day What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in dialysis patients? --- ANSWER---use of catheters for HD which infectious disease requires frequent hand washing instead of using alcohol based hand gels ---ANSWER---active clostridioides difficile infection What precautions must be used when handling lab specimens? ---ANSWER---universal precautions