Davita Practice Test Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
AAMI chemical analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested? -
correct answer ✅Annually
A 58 y/o pt who is blind comes to the tx accompanied by his wife.
Which of these approaches should the dialysis technician use when
interacting with the pt? -
correct answer ✅Describe the activities in the immediate
environment
A dialysis tech observes a drop of blood on the surface of a pt's
hemodialysis machine. Which of these actions should the tech
take? -
correct answer ✅Clean the machine surface immediately
A dialysis tech observes all of the below on the tx floor, which one
poses an environmental risk? -
correct answer ✅About once(30ml) fluid is on the floor
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
,Davita Practice Test Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
technician take? -
correct answer ✅Refer the pt to the social worker
A fistula connects? -
correct answer ✅An artery to a vein
A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a
dialyzer is? -
correct answer ✅Vitamin B12
A mixed-bed DI Tank Contains? -
correct answer ✅Cations and anions
A nephron is made up of? -
correct answer ✅A glomerulus and a tubule system
A pt c/o pain at the venous needle site. The dialysis tech observes
there is swelling distal to the venous needle site and the that the
venous pressure is rising. The dialysis tech should suspect? -
correct answer ✅An infiltration
, Davita Practice Test Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
A pt who is to receive their first dialysis tx is prone to? -
correct answer ✅Dialysis Disequilibrium syndrome(DDS)
A pt tells the technician that the dietitian reviewed high potassium
foods with her. During the conversation she states she routinely
eats the following foods. Which one is highest in potassium? -
correct answer ✅Bananas
A slow pulse of 54 beats/ minute would indicate the pt has? -
correct answer ✅Bradycardia
A reason why a dialysis tech is to be certified is? -
correct answer ✅CMS Requirement
A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during
hemodialysis is indicative of? -
correct answer ✅Clotting of the extracorporeal circuit(blood lines)
A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to
Mr. Smith. You would? -
correct answer ✅Never document something that someone else
did
& Answers (Grade A+)
AAMI chemical analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested? -
correct answer ✅Annually
A 58 y/o pt who is blind comes to the tx accompanied by his wife.
Which of these approaches should the dialysis technician use when
interacting with the pt? -
correct answer ✅Describe the activities in the immediate
environment
A dialysis tech observes a drop of blood on the surface of a pt's
hemodialysis machine. Which of these actions should the tech
take? -
correct answer ✅Clean the machine surface immediately
A dialysis tech observes all of the below on the tx floor, which one
poses an environmental risk? -
correct answer ✅About once(30ml) fluid is on the floor
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
,Davita Practice Test Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
technician take? -
correct answer ✅Refer the pt to the social worker
A fistula connects? -
correct answer ✅An artery to a vein
A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a
dialyzer is? -
correct answer ✅Vitamin B12
A mixed-bed DI Tank Contains? -
correct answer ✅Cations and anions
A nephron is made up of? -
correct answer ✅A glomerulus and a tubule system
A pt c/o pain at the venous needle site. The dialysis tech observes
there is swelling distal to the venous needle site and the that the
venous pressure is rising. The dialysis tech should suspect? -
correct answer ✅An infiltration
, Davita Practice Test Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
A pt who is to receive their first dialysis tx is prone to? -
correct answer ✅Dialysis Disequilibrium syndrome(DDS)
A pt tells the technician that the dietitian reviewed high potassium
foods with her. During the conversation she states she routinely
eats the following foods. Which one is highest in potassium? -
correct answer ✅Bananas
A slow pulse of 54 beats/ minute would indicate the pt has? -
correct answer ✅Bradycardia
A reason why a dialysis tech is to be certified is? -
correct answer ✅CMS Requirement
A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during
hemodialysis is indicative of? -
correct answer ✅Clotting of the extracorporeal circuit(blood lines)
A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to
Mr. Smith. You would? -
correct answer ✅Never document something that someone else
did
