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While technical staff are preforming duties in the dialysis unit which team
member must always be present
A. Registered nurse
B. Medical director for unit
C. Lab technician - Answer✔✔-A. Registered nurse
Two techs are heatedly discussing pt care situation. Which team member is
responsible for disciplinary action
A. Registered practical nurse
B. Human resource manager
C. Dialysis nurse manager - Answer✔✔-C. Dialysis nurse manager
Which credentialing agency for dialysis includes items such as water treatment
and dialysate preparation and complication of dialysis as part of their practice
domains
A. Board of nephrology examiners nursing in technology
B. Nephrology nursing certification commission
,C. National nephrology certification organization - Answer✔✔-C. NNCO
Prior to starting dialysis what must the technician and or nurse verify
A. That patient has provided informed written consent for dialysis
B. That the patient has not eaten any food or beverages for the last six hours
C. That the patient has a driver to pick him up after dialysis - Answer✔✔-A.
Consent
Which external agencies provide additional guidelines and standards in the
areas of infectious disease testing immunizations dialysis treatment safety and
infection control?
A. Centers for disease control and prevention
B. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid service
C. Association for the advancement of medical instrumentation
D. Council of nephrology - Answer✔✔-A B and C
Prior to passing the Social Security amendments treatment for chronic kidney
disease was available only to few who met certain criteria. The amendments
extended Medicare coverage for almost all patients who signed the
amendment and then what year
A. Jimmy Carter in 1979
B. Richard Nixon 1972
C. John f Kennedy 1961 - Answer✔✔-B. Richard Nixon 1972
Which organization recently approved by CMS to be an independent
organization allowed to conduct surveys for Medicare certification fostering
faster approval for dialysis clinics
,A. National kidney foundation
B. Medicare bundle dialysis prospective payment system
C. National dialysis accreditation commission - Answer✔✔-C. NDAC
What is the composition of saline
A. 10% salt added to water
B. Albumin
C. 0.9g of sodium chloride and 100ml of water - Answer✔✔-C. 0.9g of sodium
and 100ml of h2o
When caring for a patient if the dialysate solution contains two little sodium
the water may shift into the patient's blood cells which signs or symptoms
would you see
A. Hypotension
B. Cramping
C. Thirst
D. Headache - Answer✔✔-A and B
Which buffer is the major plasma buffer therefor important during dialysis
A. Bicarbonate
B. Amino acid
C. Protein - Answer✔✔-A. Bicarbonate
While reviewing the body weight for a dialysis patient the tech knows that ——
— of the total amount of water is contained in the intracellular fluid
compartment
, A. 20%
B. 30%
C. 40% - Answer✔✔-C. 40%
How much water is lost through evaporation form lungs every day
A. 250-499 ml of water
B. 700-1,000 ml of water
C. 1500-2000 ml of water - Answer✔✔-B.
A patient asks to explain what the normal kidney does in addition to making
urine what's the response
A. Regulate fluid volume in body
B. Regulate pH in blood
C. produce erythropoietin that controls red blood cell production
D. I receptor sites for several hormones - Answer✔✔-All of the above
A patient with a renal failure asks if his candies will regenerate how does the
technician answer
A. With a diet low in sodium and exercise there's a good chance you'll get some
function back
B. If nephrons are damaged they do no regenerate
C. If the heart can pump in a blood to the kidney there is a possibility that some
of the nephrons can regenerate - Answer✔✔-B. If nephrons are damaged they
won't regenerate