Fresenius Nurse Final Exam Part 1 Study
Questions with Verified Answers 2025
The 3 reasons that dialysis is a high risk area: -Correct Answers ✔-1. There is
frequent exposure to blood
2. Patients & Staff are in close proximity
3. Dialysis patients are immunocompromised
All dialysis surfaces must be disinfected with _____ bleach solution until surfaces
is glistening _____ and then allow to -Correct Answers ✔-1:100/ wet/ air dry
A ______ bleach solution is used to disinfect a large spill greater than ______ -
Correct Answers ✔-1:10/ 10 ml
The following are examples for what process: during initiation and termination of
dialysis; cannulation of an access; needle adjustment; changing a transducer;
setting up a dialysis machine -Correct Answers ✔-Examples of procedures where
exposure may occur and PPE must be worn
What 3 blood borne pathogens are found in a dialysis unit? -Correct Answers ✔-
hep b, hep c, and HIV
What steps should you take in the event of an exposure incident? -Correct Answers
✔-1. Wash/ rinse area immediately
2. Report incident to clinical manager or charge nurse
3. Seek medical tx within 1-2 hrs
Hep B is extremely contagious and can live in the environment and remain viable
on surfaces for at least ____ days -Correct Answers ✔-7
How are Hep B patients dialyzed? -Correct Answers ✔-In an isolation room with
their own dedicated equipment such as BP cuff and stethoscope, tourniquet, etc
These should be used to work on computer information in the isolation room. -
Correct Answers ✔-Clean Gloves
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True or False? Tx sheets and medical records can enter the isolation room -Correct
Answers ✔-False: If tx sheets are used, the tx sheets cannot enter the isolation
room. Nor can medical records
Staff members should not care for these two types of patients on the same shift at
the same time. -Correct Answers ✔-HBV and patients that are susceptible to HBV
Where do hep c patients dialyze and why? -Correct Answers ✔-In the clinical area,
hep c is not contagious and is is not known to survive for very long outside of the
body
How is hep c transmitted? -Correct Answers ✔-Through contaminated blood
transfusions in the past or from sexual contact
How is hep a transmitted? -Correct Answers ✔-contaminated food and the oral-
fecal route
Which blood test indicates infection with Hep B? -Correct Answers ✔-HbsAg
(HBsAg is the surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus. It indicates current hepatitis
B infection.)
Which blood test indicates the presence of immunity against Hep B? -Correct
Answers ✔-HBsAb (The HBsAb test, or hepatitis B surface antibody test, looks for
antibodies that your immune system makes in response to the surface protein of the
hepatitis B virus.)
Which vaccines provides long-term immunity to Hep B? -Correct Answers ✔-
Recombivax or Engerix
Is latent TB contagious? -Correct Answers ✔-Latent tuberculosis is not contagious,
but can become active w/o tx
The following are signs and symptoms for what???Night sweats, productive,
persistent cough, unexplained weight loss, chills and fever, blood-tinged sputum -
Correct Answers ✔-Tubercolosis
How is TB spread? -Correct Answers ✔-TB is spread by droplet nuclei produced
from infected individuals when they cough, sneeze, sing or speak
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