DAVITA FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

DAVITA FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS . How do you protect kidneys from further injury? - ANSWER - Keeping a patient more "wet" than dry stimulates the kidneys to keep working and make urine. Be aware of dyes What is important when monitoring weight and BP? - ANSWER - Hypovolemia and hypotension episodes can cause renal/schiema and further damage to kidneys Fluid pushed thru a semipermeable membrane - ANSWER - Ultrafiltration Known as solute drag, solute move w/ water across the semipermeable membrane. *kidneys remove waste this way* - ANSWER - Convection Movement of dissolved particles across a semipermeable membrane from *high* to *low* concentration - ANSWER - Diffusion Fluid move from *low* to *high* solute concentration - ANSWER - Osmosis 1) Fluid Balance (ultrafiltration) 2) Electrolyte balance (diffusion) 3) Acid/Base balance - ANSWER - Kidneys excretory functions