FRESENIUS PCT NEW HIRE EXAM NEWEST 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Electrolytes are charged particles that can conduct an
electrical current. Electrolytes in the body control
What are electrolytes?
motor, muscle and nerve function, and maintain the
body's homeostasis.
The most important Sodium (Na+) Potassium (K+) Calcium (Ca++)
electrolytes to consider in Magnesium (Mg++)
uremic patients are:
Fluid removed during During dialysis fluid is removed from the intravascular
hemodialysis comes from fluid compartment or bloodstream.
which body fluid
compartment?
Dialysate is a non-sterile solution and its function is to
What is dialysate? remove waste products from the blood and balance
electrolytes
Dialysate is composed of treated water, acid solution, and bicarbonate solution
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What electrolytes are sodium (Na+) potassium (K+) calcium (Ca++)
found in the dialysate? magnesium (Mg++) chloride (Cl-)
Conductivity is the ability of a solution to transmit or
What is conductivity?
"conduct" an electrical current
pH, conductivity, monitoring the machine
Name four ways dialysate
temperature, and a negative residual chlorine (bleach)
is checked to ensure that it
after routine (weekly) machine disinfection and before
is safe?
the first treatment after the disinfection
also called sodium modeling is a physician-ordered
intervention to help prevent hypotension during
What is Sodium Variation? dialysis treatment. There are three preprogrammed
"profiles" that can be ordered by the physician based
on several different comorbidities
Why is dextrose added to Dextrose, a form of glucose, is added to prevent
the dialysate? hypoglycemia.
Transmembrane pressure is the pressure difference
across the dialyzer membrane. It reflects the total
What is TMP?
pressure across the membrane used to achieve the
desired fluid loss
Indications of a clotting dialyzer are a rising TMP,
How can you tell if a rising venous pressure, dark blood in the dialyzer, and
dialyzer is clotting? air detector alarms. A venous line that is clotting will
show an increase in venous pressure.
The Hemodialysis Machine is the Delivery System. The
machine has two sub-systems.
How is dialysis delivered?
• Blood delivery system circulates the patient's blood
• Dialysate delivery Mixes & circulates dialysate
Machine alarms monitor the safe progression of the
What is monitored during
dialysis treatment. Alarms are divided into two
treatment?
categories. Blood related, and dialysate related
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