RN DAVITA EXAM 2026 FULL SOLVED
QUESTIONS ANSWERS HEMODIALYSIS AND
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS REVIEW SHEET
◉ 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
◉ waiting only five seconds between lowering the blood pump
speed and drawing the post treatment blood sample could
,Answer: 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
Answer: infection/inflammation
◉ fluid overload and HTN lead to LVH, this means
Answer: hypotensive episodes are more likely to occur during the
dialysis treatment
◉ your role in CKD-MBD management includes
Answer: reminding the patient who is eating a snack during dialysis
to take his phosphate binder
◉ your role in anemia management includes
Answer: rinsing back as much of the patient's blood as you can at the
termination of each treatment
◉ the licensed nurse has delegated a specific task to a PCT, but the
PCT gets called away before performing this task. Can the PCT asek
another PCT to take over?
Answer: no, a task delegated by the licensed nurse to a non-licenced
teammate cannot be re-delegated by this teammate
, ◉ the licensed nurse delegated a task to the PCT, Nicole, but Nicole
has not performed this task during the last 2.5 months. What is
Nicole's responsibility in the delegation communication process?
Answer: Nicole is to inform the nurse that she performed the task
only infrequently
◉ what is the nurse's responsibility in the delegation supervision
process?
Answer: to determine the level of supervision needed and to
monitor the NAP's performance of the task accordingly
◉ the transport mechanism when particles move from an area of
higher solute concentration to an area of lower solute concentration
is called
Answer: diffusion
◉ during dialysis, the movement of bicarb from the dialysate into
the blood
Answer: helps normalize body pH
◉ the kidneys excretory functions include
Answer: normalizing electrolytes
QUESTIONS ANSWERS HEMODIALYSIS AND
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS REVIEW SHEET
◉ 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
◉ waiting only five seconds between lowering the blood pump
speed and drawing the post treatment blood sample could
,Answer: 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
Answer: infection/inflammation
◉ fluid overload and HTN lead to LVH, this means
Answer: hypotensive episodes are more likely to occur during the
dialysis treatment
◉ your role in CKD-MBD management includes
Answer: reminding the patient who is eating a snack during dialysis
to take his phosphate binder
◉ your role in anemia management includes
Answer: rinsing back as much of the patient's blood as you can at the
termination of each treatment
◉ the licensed nurse has delegated a specific task to a PCT, but the
PCT gets called away before performing this task. Can the PCT asek
another PCT to take over?
Answer: no, a task delegated by the licensed nurse to a non-licenced
teammate cannot be re-delegated by this teammate
, ◉ the licensed nurse delegated a task to the PCT, Nicole, but Nicole
has not performed this task during the last 2.5 months. What is
Nicole's responsibility in the delegation communication process?
Answer: Nicole is to inform the nurse that she performed the task
only infrequently
◉ what is the nurse's responsibility in the delegation supervision
process?
Answer: to determine the level of supervision needed and to
monitor the NAP's performance of the task accordingly
◉ the transport mechanism when particles move from an area of
higher solute concentration to an area of lower solute concentration
is called
Answer: diffusion
◉ during dialysis, the movement of bicarb from the dialysate into
the blood
Answer: helps normalize body pH
◉ the kidneys excretory functions include
Answer: normalizing electrolytes
