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