DaVita PCT Final Exam

1.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? (answer) hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia and can further damage the kidneys 2.CKD can have its orgin pre-renal , intra-renalm or post renal. Which of the following conditions is an intra-renal cause of CKD (answer) HTN 3.Knowing what caused your patient's CKD (answer) is important because the underly- ing disease could cause health complications that can impact the dialysis treatment 4.When a PCT documents the extent of a patient's edema, for example as +3 (answer) the PCT is preforming an assessment which is not allowed legally 5.When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, (answer) the automatic BP reading may not be accurate 6.Which of the following is a data collection (answer) HR 72