DaVita PCT Final Exam 2022/2023
1. 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
2. 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
3. Knowing what caused your patient's CKD (answer) is important
because the underly- ing disease could cause health complications that
can impact the dialysis treatment
4. 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
5. When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, (answer) the automatic BP
reading may not be accurate
6. Which of the following is a data collection (answer) HR 72
7. at what time should the post treatment data collection be completed
(answer) after the treatment has been completed
8. the A in smart communication stands for (answer) actual- just report
the facts
9. which of the following events is defined as a near miss (answer) the
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, wrong dialyzer was set up and primed for a patient, but it was caught
before dialysis was initiated and the dialyzer was replaced
10.using the approach is one way to fill out an REM (answer)
SBAR
11.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
12.what problem will cause an increase in the patient's VP (answer) a clot
in the venous drip chamber
13.Which blood test must be performed at regular intervals on
patients susceptible to HPB (answer) HBsAg
14.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
15.What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in
dialysis patients? (answer) use of catheters for HD
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1. 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
2. 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
3. Knowing what caused your patient's CKD (answer) is important
because the underly- ing disease could cause health complications that
can impact the dialysis treatment
4. 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
5. When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, (answer) the automatic BP
reading may not be accurate
6. Which of the following is a data collection (answer) HR 72
7. at what time should the post treatment data collection be completed
(answer) after the treatment has been completed
8. the A in smart communication stands for (answer) actual- just report
the facts
9. which of the following events is defined as a near miss (answer) the
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, wrong dialyzer was set up and primed for a patient, but it was caught
before dialysis was initiated and the dialyzer was replaced
10.using the approach is one way to fill out an REM (answer)
SBAR
11.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
12.what problem will cause an increase in the patient's VP (answer) a clot
in the venous drip chamber
13.Which blood test must be performed at regular intervals on
patients susceptible to HPB (answer) HBsAg
14.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
15.What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in
dialysis patients? (answer) use of catheters for HD
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