Davita Rise Final Exam Questions And
Answers
Ultrafiltration (UF): - - correct answer ✅Fluid pushed through the
semipermeable membrane (SPM) membrane
Convection: - - correct answer ✅Solutes dragged across SPM along
with fluid
Hyperkalemia: - - correct answer ✅> 6.5 mEq Symptoms: extreme
muscle weakness, abnormal heart rhythm, and possible cardiac
arrest
Hypokalemia: - - correct answer ✅< 3.5 mEq Symptoms: fatigue,
muscle weakness, paralysis, and respiratory failure, cardiac
instability, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest
Normal blood pH range is - - correct answer ✅7.35-7.45.
What are the kidneys' endocrine functions? - - correct answer
✅Renin secretion, Erythropoietin secretion, Vitamin D activation
What are the most common causes of CKD in the USA? - - correct
answer ✅• Diabetes
• Hypertension
,Davita Rise Final Exam Questions And
Answers
• Polycystic Kidney Disease
Signs & Symptoms of fluid imbalance - - correct answer
✅Hypertension
• Edema
• Shortness of Breath
A common cause of hypertension in dialysis patients is - - correct
answer ✅• fluid overload
What does hypertension lead to? - - correct answer ✅• Left
Ventricular Hypertrophy
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy leads to: - - correct answer ✅•
ischemic heart disease, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, and
sudden death
Why are dialysis patients anemic? The life span of their red blood
cell is 60 days or approximately ½ of normal 120 days. - - correct
answer ✅Primary cause: Lack of the hormone erythropoietin
(EPO)
,Davita Rise Final Exam Questions And
Answers
Secondary causes: Inadequate iron stores, inadequate dialysis,
malnutrition, blood loss during treatment
What are the four key elements contributing to CKD-Mineral Bone
Disorder (MBD)? - - correct answer ✅• Calcium, Phosphorus, PTH,
Vitamin D (Calcitriol)
- All lead to CKD-MBD when they are abnormal
Pre-renal causes of AKI - - correct answer ✅Obstruction, Volume
Depletion, Impaired Cardiac Function
Intra-renal causes of AKI - - correct answer ✅Ischemic ATN, Sepsis,
SIRS, Septic Shock, Anaphylaxis Drugs, Goodpasture Syndrome,
Acute Glomerulonephritis, Trauma, Open Heart Surgery
Post-renal causes of AKI - - correct answer ✅Obstruction, Oliguric,
Bladder rupture, Pregnancy
Explain the difference between AKI and CKD - - correct answer ✅•
Eliminating the cause of the AKI can often lead to the return of
kidney function
• You cannot eliminate the cause of CKD which is HTN, Diabetes,
genetic disorders (PKD)
, Davita Rise Final Exam Questions And
Answers
What are V-tags and why are they important? - - correct answer
✅• They state specific regulations to be met within a condition
such as infection control, providing interpretive guidance for each
regulation and citing deficiencies by tag #
The manual conductivity value must match +/- 0.4 mS on the
Fresenius (FMC) 2008K and K2 dialysis delivery system displayed
conductivity. Checking independent conductivity is NOT required
when using the Fresenius 2008T or T BlueStar models or B Braun
hemodialysis machines.
T or F - - correct answer ✅T
What is "strikethrough" of an external pressure transducer and why
is it of concern? - - correct answer ✅• It is when fluid could have
entered the machine and contaminated the internal pressure
transducer protector providing a reservoir for microorganisms and
causing subsequent patient blood infections
List six occurrences when to document. - - correct answer
✅Baseline assessment
Change from baseline assessment
Answers
Ultrafiltration (UF): - - correct answer ✅Fluid pushed through the
semipermeable membrane (SPM) membrane
Convection: - - correct answer ✅Solutes dragged across SPM along
with fluid
Hyperkalemia: - - correct answer ✅> 6.5 mEq Symptoms: extreme
muscle weakness, abnormal heart rhythm, and possible cardiac
arrest
Hypokalemia: - - correct answer ✅< 3.5 mEq Symptoms: fatigue,
muscle weakness, paralysis, and respiratory failure, cardiac
instability, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest
Normal blood pH range is - - correct answer ✅7.35-7.45.
What are the kidneys' endocrine functions? - - correct answer
✅Renin secretion, Erythropoietin secretion, Vitamin D activation
What are the most common causes of CKD in the USA? - - correct
answer ✅• Diabetes
• Hypertension
,Davita Rise Final Exam Questions And
Answers
• Polycystic Kidney Disease
Signs & Symptoms of fluid imbalance - - correct answer
✅Hypertension
• Edema
• Shortness of Breath
A common cause of hypertension in dialysis patients is - - correct
answer ✅• fluid overload
What does hypertension lead to? - - correct answer ✅• Left
Ventricular Hypertrophy
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy leads to: - - correct answer ✅•
ischemic heart disease, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, and
sudden death
Why are dialysis patients anemic? The life span of their red blood
cell is 60 days or approximately ½ of normal 120 days. - - correct
answer ✅Primary cause: Lack of the hormone erythropoietin
(EPO)
,Davita Rise Final Exam Questions And
Answers
Secondary causes: Inadequate iron stores, inadequate dialysis,
malnutrition, blood loss during treatment
What are the four key elements contributing to CKD-Mineral Bone
Disorder (MBD)? - - correct answer ✅• Calcium, Phosphorus, PTH,
Vitamin D (Calcitriol)
- All lead to CKD-MBD when they are abnormal
Pre-renal causes of AKI - - correct answer ✅Obstruction, Volume
Depletion, Impaired Cardiac Function
Intra-renal causes of AKI - - correct answer ✅Ischemic ATN, Sepsis,
SIRS, Septic Shock, Anaphylaxis Drugs, Goodpasture Syndrome,
Acute Glomerulonephritis, Trauma, Open Heart Surgery
Post-renal causes of AKI - - correct answer ✅Obstruction, Oliguric,
Bladder rupture, Pregnancy
Explain the difference between AKI and CKD - - correct answer ✅•
Eliminating the cause of the AKI can often lead to the return of
kidney function
• You cannot eliminate the cause of CKD which is HTN, Diabetes,
genetic disorders (PKD)
, Davita Rise Final Exam Questions And
Answers
What are V-tags and why are they important? - - correct answer
✅• They state specific regulations to be met within a condition
such as infection control, providing interpretive guidance for each
regulation and citing deficiencies by tag #
The manual conductivity value must match +/- 0.4 mS on the
Fresenius (FMC) 2008K and K2 dialysis delivery system displayed
conductivity. Checking independent conductivity is NOT required
when using the Fresenius 2008T or T BlueStar models or B Braun
hemodialysis machines.
T or F - - correct answer ✅T
What is "strikethrough" of an external pressure transducer and why
is it of concern? - - correct answer ✅• It is when fluid could have
entered the machine and contaminated the internal pressure
transducer protector providing a reservoir for microorganisms and
causing subsequent patient blood infections
List six occurrences when to document. - - correct answer
✅Baseline assessment
Change from baseline assessment
