Final Exam DaVita (RN) QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS
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? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔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 - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔HTN
Knowing what caused your patient's CKD - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔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
- ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔the PCT is preforming an assessment
which is not allowed legally
When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔the automatic BP reading may not be accurate
Which of the following is a data collection - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔HR 72
,at what time should the post treatment data collection be completed - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔after the treatment has been completed
the A in smart communication stands for - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔actual- just report the facts
which of the following events is defined as a near miss - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔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 - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔SBAR
What is your main priority when returning a patient's blood with the hand
crank during a power outage? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔you must be
vigilant in watching for air in the blood lines
what problem will cause an increase in the patient's VP - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔a clot in the venous drip chamber
Which blood test must be performed at regular intervals on patients susceptible
to HPB - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔HBsAg
who is accountable for appropriate patient and teammate scheduling in the
acute setting - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔
, 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? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔the machine must be heat
disinfected at the end of each day
What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in dialysis
patients? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔use of catheters for HD
which infectious disease requires frequent hand washing instead of using
alcohol based hand gels - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔active
clostridioides difficile infection
What precautions must be used when handling lab specimens? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔universal precautions
waiting only five seconds between lowering the blood pump speed and drawing
the post treatment blood sample could - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔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 - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔infection/inflammation
fluid overload and HTN lead to LVH, this means - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔hypotensive episodes are more likely to occur during the
dialysis treatment
WITH ANSWERS
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? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔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 - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔HTN
Knowing what caused your patient's CKD - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔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
- ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔the PCT is preforming an assessment
which is not allowed legally
When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔the automatic BP reading may not be accurate
Which of the following is a data collection - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔HR 72
,at what time should the post treatment data collection be completed - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔after the treatment has been completed
the A in smart communication stands for - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔actual- just report the facts
which of the following events is defined as a near miss - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔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 - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔SBAR
What is your main priority when returning a patient's blood with the hand
crank during a power outage? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔you must be
vigilant in watching for air in the blood lines
what problem will cause an increase in the patient's VP - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔a clot in the venous drip chamber
Which blood test must be performed at regular intervals on patients susceptible
to HPB - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔HBsAg
who is accountable for appropriate patient and teammate scheduling in the
acute setting - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔
, 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? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔the machine must be heat
disinfected at the end of each day
What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in dialysis
patients? - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔use of catheters for HD
which infectious disease requires frequent hand washing instead of using
alcohol based hand gels - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔active
clostridioides difficile infection
What precautions must be used when handling lab specimens? - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔universal precautions
waiting only five seconds between lowering the blood pump speed and drawing
the post treatment blood sample could - ....🔰VERIFIED ANSWERS....
✔✔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 - ....🔰
VERIFIED ANSWERS.... ✔✔infection/inflammation
fluid overload and HTN lead to LVH, this means - ....🔰VERIFIED
ANSWERS.... ✔✔hypotensive episodes are more likely to occur during the
dialysis treatment
