PCT DaVita (RN)Final Exam Questions and
Answers (Verified Answers) Latest 2025
UPDATE. Graded A+.
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? - CORRECT ANS>>hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can
cause renal ischemia and can further damage the kidneys.
CKD can have its origin pre-renal, intra-renalm or post renal. Which of the
following conditions is an intra-renal cause of CKD - CORRECT ANS>>HTN.
Knowing what caused your patient's CKD - CORRECT ANS>>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 -
CORRECT ANS>>the PCT is preforming an assessment which is not allowed
legally.
When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, - CORRECT ANS>>the automatic
BP reading may not be accurate.
Which of the following is a data collection - CORRECT ANS>>HR 72. at
what time should the post treatment data collection be completed -
- CORRECT ANS>>after the treatment has been completed.
,the A in smart communication stands for - CORRECT ANS>>actual- just
report the facts.
which of the following events is defined as a near miss - CORRECT ANS>>
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 -
CORRECT ANS>>SBAR.
What is your main priority when returning a patient's blood with the hand
crank during a power outage? - CORRECT ANS>>you must be vigilant in
watching for air in the blood lines.
what problem will cause an increase in the patient's VP - CORRECT ANS>>
a clot in the venous drip chamber.
Which blood test must be performed at regular intervals on patients
susceptible to HPB - CORRECT ANS>>HBsAg.
who is accountable for appropriate patient and teammate scheduling in the
acute setting - CORRECT ANS>> 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? - CORRECT ANS>>
the machine must be heat disinfected at the end of each day.
, What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in dialysis
patients? - CORRECT ANS>>use of catheters for HD.
which infectious disease requires frequent hand washing instead of using
alcohol-based hand gels - CORRECT ANS>>active clostridioides difficile
infection.
What precautions must be used when handling lab specimens? -
CORRECT ANS>>universal precautions.
waiting only five seconds between lowering the blood pump speed and
drawing the post treatment blood sample could - CORRECT ANS>>cause the
post treatment BUN reading to be falsely low (wait 15 seconds)
which may cause a decrease in the hemoglobin of a patient with ESRD -
- CORRECT ANS>>infection/inflammation.
fluid overload and HTN lead to LVH, this means - CORRECT ANS>>
hypotensive episodes are more likely to occur during the dialysis treatment.
your role in CKD-MBD management includes - CORRECT ANS>>reminding
the patient who is eating a snack during dialysis to take his phosphate
binder.
Answers (Verified Answers) Latest 2025
UPDATE. Graded A+.
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? - CORRECT ANS>>hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can
cause renal ischemia and can further damage the kidneys.
CKD can have its origin pre-renal, intra-renalm or post renal. Which of the
following conditions is an intra-renal cause of CKD - CORRECT ANS>>HTN.
Knowing what caused your patient's CKD - CORRECT ANS>>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 -
CORRECT ANS>>the PCT is preforming an assessment which is not allowed
legally.
When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, - CORRECT ANS>>the automatic
BP reading may not be accurate.
Which of the following is a data collection - CORRECT ANS>>HR 72. at
what time should the post treatment data collection be completed -
- CORRECT ANS>>after the treatment has been completed.
,the A in smart communication stands for - CORRECT ANS>>actual- just
report the facts.
which of the following events is defined as a near miss - CORRECT ANS>>
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 -
CORRECT ANS>>SBAR.
What is your main priority when returning a patient's blood with the hand
crank during a power outage? - CORRECT ANS>>you must be vigilant in
watching for air in the blood lines.
what problem will cause an increase in the patient's VP - CORRECT ANS>>
a clot in the venous drip chamber.
Which blood test must be performed at regular intervals on patients
susceptible to HPB - CORRECT ANS>>HBsAg.
who is accountable for appropriate patient and teammate scheduling in the
acute setting - CORRECT ANS>> 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? - CORRECT ANS>>
the machine must be heat disinfected at the end of each day.
, What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in dialysis
patients? - CORRECT ANS>>use of catheters for HD.
which infectious disease requires frequent hand washing instead of using
alcohol-based hand gels - CORRECT ANS>>active clostridioides difficile
infection.
What precautions must be used when handling lab specimens? -
CORRECT ANS>>universal precautions.
waiting only five seconds between lowering the blood pump speed and
drawing the post treatment blood sample could - CORRECT ANS>>cause the
post treatment BUN reading to be falsely low (wait 15 seconds)
which may cause a decrease in the hemoglobin of a patient with ESRD -
- CORRECT ANS>>infection/inflammation.
fluid overload and HTN lead to LVH, this means - CORRECT ANS>>
hypotensive episodes are more likely to occur during the dialysis treatment.
your role in CKD-MBD management includes - CORRECT ANS>>reminding
the patient who is eating a snack during dialysis to take his phosphate
binder.
