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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 Answer hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia
and can further damage the kidneys
CKD can have its orgin pre-renal , intra-renalm or post renal. Which of the following
conditions is an intra-renal cause of CKD Correct Answer HTN
What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in dialysis patients?
Correct Answer use of catheters for HD
which infectious disease requires frequent hand washing instead of using alcohol
based hand gels Correct Answer active clostridioides difficile infection
What precautions must be used when handling lab specimens? Correct Answer
universal precautions
waiting only five seconds between lowering the blood pump speed and drawing the
post treatment blood sample could Correct 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 Correct
Answer infection/inflammation
fluid overload and HTN lead to LVH, this means Correct Answer hypotensive
episodes are more likely to occur during the dialysis treatment
your role in CKD-MBD management includes Correct Answer reminding the patient
who is eating a snack during dialysis to take his phosphate binder
your role in anemia management includes Correct 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?
Correct 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? Correct 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? Correct
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 Correct Answer
diffusion
during dialysis, the movement of bicarb from the dialysate into the blood Correct
Answer helps normalize body pH
the kidneys excretory functions include Correct Answer normalizing electrolytes
what distance should be observed between needle tips and away from each other
when cannulating an internal vascular access? Correct Answer 1.5 inches
Knowing what caused your patient's CKD Correct Answer 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
Answer the PCT is preforming an assessment which is not allowed legally
When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, Correct Answer the automatic BP
reading may not be accurate
Which of the following is a data collection Correct Answer HR 72