DaVita Annual Competency Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Albumin is an important test that tells about the patient ____
status -
correct answer ✅Nutritional
During a hemodialysis treatment the technician responds to a low
venous pressure alarm. The most likely cause for this alarm is: -
correct answer ✅Disconnection of the bloodline
All of the following are phosphate binders EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✅Vitamin B12
A semipermeable membrane is a porous barrier that: -
correct answer ✅Allows for only certain sized particles to cross
Abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause cardiac arrhythmias
and even death. -
correct answer ✅Potassium
Before a hemodialysis treatment , the technician removes the cap
from the fistula needle and accidentally touches the chair with the
tip of the needle. Which of these actions should the technician take
,DaVita Annual Competency Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
first? -
correct answer ✅discard the needle
A 58- year old patient who is blind comes to treatment
accompanied by his wife. Which of these approaches should the
dialysis technician use when interacting with the patient? -
correct answer ✅Describe the activities in the immediate
environment
A patient complains of pain at the venous needle site. The dialysis
technician observes there is swelling distal to the venous needle
site and that the venous pressure is rising. The dialysis technician
should suspect.. -
correct answer ✅an infiltration
A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient
has: -
correct answer ✅tachycardia(fast heart rate)
A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during
hemodialysis is an indicative of: -
correct answer ✅Clotting of the extracorporeal circuit
,DaVita Annual Competency Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
During pre dialysis data collection, it would be best for the
technician to ask the patient which of these questions? -
correct answer ✅How have you been since your last tx
Dialysate that is too hot will cause -
correct answer ✅hemolysis
During hemodialysis, the air detector on Ms. Foster's machine
alarms and foam is visible in the venous drip chamber. The
immediate action of the dialysis technician should be to: -
correct answer ✅Clamp venous line
A female dialysis technician has been caring for a male patient for
several months. The patient tells the dialysis technician that he is
lonely and depressed. He asked the dialysis technician to go out to
dinner with him. In addition to politely declining the patient's
invitation, which of these actions, if any, should the dialysis
technician take? -
correct answer ✅Refer to a social worker
A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to
Mr. Smith. You would: -
correct answer ✅Never document someone elses.
, DaVita Annual Competency Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Asepsis is defined as: -
correct answer ✅the absence of disease producing organism
AAMI standard for conventional dialysate requires the total
microbial count be less than -
correct answer ✅100 cfu/ml
A nephron is made up of: -
correct answer ✅glomerulus and tubule
During a hemodialysis treatment, a patient's venous needle
infiltrates. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician
take first? -
correct answer ✅stop the blood pump
Biohazardous waste includes any material exposed to: -
correct answer ✅blood
All of the following may be signs and symptoms of an infected
access EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✅numbness and tingling
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Albumin is an important test that tells about the patient ____
status -
correct answer ✅Nutritional
During a hemodialysis treatment the technician responds to a low
venous pressure alarm. The most likely cause for this alarm is: -
correct answer ✅Disconnection of the bloodline
All of the following are phosphate binders EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✅Vitamin B12
A semipermeable membrane is a porous barrier that: -
correct answer ✅Allows for only certain sized particles to cross
Abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause cardiac arrhythmias
and even death. -
correct answer ✅Potassium
Before a hemodialysis treatment , the technician removes the cap
from the fistula needle and accidentally touches the chair with the
tip of the needle. Which of these actions should the technician take
,DaVita Annual Competency Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
first? -
correct answer ✅discard the needle
A 58- year old patient who is blind comes to treatment
accompanied by his wife. Which of these approaches should the
dialysis technician use when interacting with the patient? -
correct answer ✅Describe the activities in the immediate
environment
A patient complains of pain at the venous needle site. The dialysis
technician observes there is swelling distal to the venous needle
site and that the venous pressure is rising. The dialysis technician
should suspect.. -
correct answer ✅an infiltration
A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient
has: -
correct answer ✅tachycardia(fast heart rate)
A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during
hemodialysis is an indicative of: -
correct answer ✅Clotting of the extracorporeal circuit
,DaVita Annual Competency Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
During pre dialysis data collection, it would be best for the
technician to ask the patient which of these questions? -
correct answer ✅How have you been since your last tx
Dialysate that is too hot will cause -
correct answer ✅hemolysis
During hemodialysis, the air detector on Ms. Foster's machine
alarms and foam is visible in the venous drip chamber. The
immediate action of the dialysis technician should be to: -
correct answer ✅Clamp venous line
A female dialysis technician has been caring for a male patient for
several months. The patient tells the dialysis technician that he is
lonely and depressed. He asked the dialysis technician to go out to
dinner with him. In addition to politely declining the patient's
invitation, which of these actions, if any, should the dialysis
technician take? -
correct answer ✅Refer to a social worker
A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to
Mr. Smith. You would: -
correct answer ✅Never document someone elses.
, DaVita Annual Competency Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Asepsis is defined as: -
correct answer ✅the absence of disease producing organism
AAMI standard for conventional dialysate requires the total
microbial count be less than -
correct answer ✅100 cfu/ml
A nephron is made up of: -
correct answer ✅glomerulus and tubule
During a hemodialysis treatment, a patient's venous needle
infiltrates. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician
take first? -
correct answer ✅stop the blood pump
Biohazardous waste includes any material exposed to: -
correct answer ✅blood
All of the following may be signs and symptoms of an infected
access EXCEPT: -
correct answer ✅numbness and tingling
