FMC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Where PPE whenever there is possible exposure to - Correct Answers -blood
What is the #1 infection control pratice? - Correct Answers -hand washing
Anything that can puncture is considered a - Correct Answers -sharp
Broken glass should be picked up with - Correct Answers -a broom and dust pan
Hepatitis B is - Correct Answers -blood borne
Which patients are dialyzed in the isolation room? - Correct Answers -HBsAG+ patients
Which patients should be dialyzed in a separate area and with dedicated equipment
(but not in iso)? - Correct Answers -patients with a drug resistant infection
what are examples of drug resistant infections? - Correct Answers -MRSA, VRE, VRSA
Patients with active TB cannot be dialyzed in which type of setting? - Correct Answers -
outpatient facilities
Why can't active TB patients be dialyzed in the outpatient setting? - Correct Answers -
They require a negative pressure
If staff suspects an exposure to HIV, what must they do? - Correct Answers -follow post
exposure protocol; receive prophylaxis within 2 hours
What makes up the Urinary System? - Correct Answers -2 kidneys, 2 ureters, a bladder,
a urethra
The kidneys produce - Correct Answers -urine
How is urine transported? - Correct Answers -by the ureters to the bladder to be
stored/excreted from the urethra
What are the functional units of the kidney? - Correct Answers -nephrons
, What are nephrons composed of? - Correct Answers -glomerulus and tubules
What is the glomerulus? - Correct Answers -tangled cluster of capillaries surrounded by
the Bowman's capsule
Which artery does the blood enter through? - Correct Answers -renal artery
How do kidneys maintain good health? - Correct Answers -filter fluid, wastes, and
electrolytes
What is the antidiuretic hormone? - Correct Answers -it effects the healthy kidney by
reducing the excretion of urine
What are the 4 functions of the kidneys? - Correct Answers -Regulation
Excretion
Endocrine
Filtration
Describe regulation - Correct Answers -maintain acid/base balance
Describe excretion - Correct Answers -removal of waste products and excess fluid
Describe endocrine - Correct Answers -production of hormones
Describe filtration - Correct Answers -retain the good, filter out the bad
What is the build up of waste products and excess fluid/electrolytes in the blood? -
Correct Answers -uremia
High potassium levels is called - Correct Answers -hypokalemia
what does hypokalemia cause - Correct Answers -muscle weakness and cardiac
arythmias
the balance of electrolytes is called - Correct Answers -homeostasis
Which hormone constricts blood vessels, resulting in increasing BP? - Correct Answers
-renin
Which hormone signals bone marrow to produce RBC's? - Correct Answers -
erythropoieten
Lack of erythropoieten is the reason why ESRD patients are - Correct Answers -anemic
The kidneys convert the storage form of Vitamin D to its active form called - Correct
Answers -calcitrol
CORRECT ANSWERS
Where PPE whenever there is possible exposure to - Correct Answers -blood
What is the #1 infection control pratice? - Correct Answers -hand washing
Anything that can puncture is considered a - Correct Answers -sharp
Broken glass should be picked up with - Correct Answers -a broom and dust pan
Hepatitis B is - Correct Answers -blood borne
Which patients are dialyzed in the isolation room? - Correct Answers -HBsAG+ patients
Which patients should be dialyzed in a separate area and with dedicated equipment
(but not in iso)? - Correct Answers -patients with a drug resistant infection
what are examples of drug resistant infections? - Correct Answers -MRSA, VRE, VRSA
Patients with active TB cannot be dialyzed in which type of setting? - Correct Answers -
outpatient facilities
Why can't active TB patients be dialyzed in the outpatient setting? - Correct Answers -
They require a negative pressure
If staff suspects an exposure to HIV, what must they do? - Correct Answers -follow post
exposure protocol; receive prophylaxis within 2 hours
What makes up the Urinary System? - Correct Answers -2 kidneys, 2 ureters, a bladder,
a urethra
The kidneys produce - Correct Answers -urine
How is urine transported? - Correct Answers -by the ureters to the bladder to be
stored/excreted from the urethra
What are the functional units of the kidney? - Correct Answers -nephrons
, What are nephrons composed of? - Correct Answers -glomerulus and tubules
What is the glomerulus? - Correct Answers -tangled cluster of capillaries surrounded by
the Bowman's capsule
Which artery does the blood enter through? - Correct Answers -renal artery
How do kidneys maintain good health? - Correct Answers -filter fluid, wastes, and
electrolytes
What is the antidiuretic hormone? - Correct Answers -it effects the healthy kidney by
reducing the excretion of urine
What are the 4 functions of the kidneys? - Correct Answers -Regulation
Excretion
Endocrine
Filtration
Describe regulation - Correct Answers -maintain acid/base balance
Describe excretion - Correct Answers -removal of waste products and excess fluid
Describe endocrine - Correct Answers -production of hormones
Describe filtration - Correct Answers -retain the good, filter out the bad
What is the build up of waste products and excess fluid/electrolytes in the blood? -
Correct Answers -uremia
High potassium levels is called - Correct Answers -hypokalemia
what does hypokalemia cause - Correct Answers -muscle weakness and cardiac
arythmias
the balance of electrolytes is called - Correct Answers -homeostasis
Which hormone constricts blood vessels, resulting in increasing BP? - Correct Answers
-renin
Which hormone signals bone marrow to produce RBC's? - Correct Answers -
erythropoieten
Lack of erythropoieten is the reason why ESRD patients are - Correct Answers -anemic
The kidneys convert the storage form of Vitamin D to its active form called - Correct
Answers -calcitrol
