DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN FINAL EXAMS ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What activity does the water softener perform? - ✔✔Removes calcium and
magnesium from water
✔✔What is a way to prevent infection in catheters? - ✔✔Wash hands and change
gloves prior to touching the catheter
✔✔Which organization sets the standards and recommendations for dialyzer
reprocessing? - ✔✔AAMI
✔✔What substance may be added to municipal drinking water supplied to make the
water cleaner? - ✔✔Bleach
✔✔What is dialysate a mixture of? - ✔✔Acid, Bicarbonate, Water
✔✔Why should you rotate needle sites on a fistula? - ✔✔To prevent aneurysms
✔✔What is the most likely source of staphylococcus aureus? - ✔✔Nasal drainage or
Discharge
, ✔✔What could large amounts of aluminum in water used for dialysate cause? -
✔✔Bone Disease
✔✔What are sign and symptoms of Steal Syndrome? - ✔✔Pale, Bluish nail beds of the
access hand. Cold feeling in access limb. Pain in access limb (hand or fingers)
✔✔What are symptoms of hemolysis? - ✔✔Bright red colored blood
✔✔What are some complications of "flipping" the needle in AVF cannulation? -
✔✔Infiltration, Stretching the needle hole, Tearing the lining of the vessel
✔✔What is the condition that can develop from using the subclavian vein for catheter
placement? - ✔✔Central Venous Stenosis
✔✔When assessing a fistula or graft, what needs to be felt prior to starting dialysis? -
✔✔Pulse and Thrill
✔✔Contamination of water by bacteria endotoxins may cause what reaction? -
✔✔Pyrogenic
✔✔When drawing a blood specimen from a double lumen catheter, what should the
clinician always do? - ✔✔Discard the first 4-5 ml of blood before obtaining the sample
✔✔What medication is used to prevent blood from clotting in the extracorporeal circuit?
- ✔✔Heparin
✔✔What is oxygen carrying red pigment of red blood cells? - ✔✔Hemoglobin
✔✔What is a severe loss of blood? - ✔✔Exsanguination
✔✔What is low blood sugar? - ✔✔Hypoglycemia
✔✔What can misuse of mishandling result in? - ✔✔Illness, Injury, Death
✔✔What is a symptom of Hypotension? - ✔✔Yawning
✔✔How far should needle insertion be done from the anastomosis in a fistula or graft? -
✔✔One inch
✔✔What is high phosphorous? - ✔✔Hyperphosphatemia
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What activity does the water softener perform? - ✔✔Removes calcium and
magnesium from water
✔✔What is a way to prevent infection in catheters? - ✔✔Wash hands and change
gloves prior to touching the catheter
✔✔Which organization sets the standards and recommendations for dialyzer
reprocessing? - ✔✔AAMI
✔✔What substance may be added to municipal drinking water supplied to make the
water cleaner? - ✔✔Bleach
✔✔What is dialysate a mixture of? - ✔✔Acid, Bicarbonate, Water
✔✔Why should you rotate needle sites on a fistula? - ✔✔To prevent aneurysms
✔✔What is the most likely source of staphylococcus aureus? - ✔✔Nasal drainage or
Discharge
, ✔✔What could large amounts of aluminum in water used for dialysate cause? -
✔✔Bone Disease
✔✔What are sign and symptoms of Steal Syndrome? - ✔✔Pale, Bluish nail beds of the
access hand. Cold feeling in access limb. Pain in access limb (hand or fingers)
✔✔What are symptoms of hemolysis? - ✔✔Bright red colored blood
✔✔What are some complications of "flipping" the needle in AVF cannulation? -
✔✔Infiltration, Stretching the needle hole, Tearing the lining of the vessel
✔✔What is the condition that can develop from using the subclavian vein for catheter
placement? - ✔✔Central Venous Stenosis
✔✔When assessing a fistula or graft, what needs to be felt prior to starting dialysis? -
✔✔Pulse and Thrill
✔✔Contamination of water by bacteria endotoxins may cause what reaction? -
✔✔Pyrogenic
✔✔When drawing a blood specimen from a double lumen catheter, what should the
clinician always do? - ✔✔Discard the first 4-5 ml of blood before obtaining the sample
✔✔What medication is used to prevent blood from clotting in the extracorporeal circuit?
- ✔✔Heparin
✔✔What is oxygen carrying red pigment of red blood cells? - ✔✔Hemoglobin
✔✔What is a severe loss of blood? - ✔✔Exsanguination
✔✔What is low blood sugar? - ✔✔Hypoglycemia
✔✔What can misuse of mishandling result in? - ✔✔Illness, Injury, Death
✔✔What is a symptom of Hypotension? - ✔✔Yawning
✔✔How far should needle insertion be done from the anastomosis in a fistula or graft? -
✔✔One inch
✔✔What is high phosphorous? - ✔✔Hyperphosphatemia
