DaVita (RN) Final Exam 2023 Questions
and Answers Updated Version.
When dialyzing a patient with acute kidney injury, one task of the patient care
teammates is to monitor blood pressure and weight closely. Why is it important? - -
hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia and can further
damage the kidneys
-CKD can have its orgin pre-renal , intra-renalm or post renal. Which of the following
conditions is an intra-renal cause of CKD - -HTN
-Knowing what caused your patient's CKD - -is important because the underlying
disease could cause health complications that can impact the dialysis treatment
-When a PCT documents the extent of a patient's edema, for example as +3 - -the PCT
is preforming an assessment which is not allowed legally
-When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, - -the automatic BP reading may not be
accurate
-Which of the following is a data collection - -HR 72
-at what time should the post treatment data collection be completed - -after the
treatment has been completed
-the A in smart communication stands for - -actual- just report the facts
-which of the following events is defined as a near miss - -the wrong dialyzer was set up
and primed for a patient, but it was caught before dialysis was initiated and the dialyzer
was replaced
, -using the __________ approach is one way to fill out an REM - -SBAR
-What is your main priority when returning a patient's blood with the hand crank
during a power outage? - -you must be vigilant in watching for air in the blood lines
-what problem will cause an increase in the patient's VP - -a clot in the venous drip
chamber
-Which blood test must be performed at regular intervals on patients susceptible to
HPB - -HBsAg
-who is accountable for appropriate patient and teammate scheduling in the acute
setting - -
-you are dialyzing a patient and the only available HPB surveillance test is a HBsAb of
8. What are the machine disinfection requirements after dialyzing this patient? - -the
machine must be heat disinfected at the end of each day
-What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in dialysis patients? - -use
of catheters for HD
-which infectious disease requires frequent hand washing instead of using alcohol based
hand gels - -active clostridioides difficile infection
-What precautions must be used when handling lab specimens? - -universal
precautions
-waiting only five seconds between lowering the blood pump speed and drawing the
post treatment blood sample could - -cause the post treatment BUN reading to be
falsely low (wait 15 seconds)
and Answers Updated Version.
When dialyzing a patient with acute kidney injury, one task of the patient care
teammates is to monitor blood pressure and weight closely. Why is it important? - -
hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia and can further
damage the kidneys
-CKD can have its orgin pre-renal , intra-renalm or post renal. Which of the following
conditions is an intra-renal cause of CKD - -HTN
-Knowing what caused your patient's CKD - -is important because the underlying
disease could cause health complications that can impact the dialysis treatment
-When a PCT documents the extent of a patient's edema, for example as +3 - -the PCT
is preforming an assessment which is not allowed legally
-When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, - -the automatic BP reading may not be
accurate
-Which of the following is a data collection - -HR 72
-at what time should the post treatment data collection be completed - -after the
treatment has been completed
-the A in smart communication stands for - -actual- just report the facts
-which of the following events is defined as a near miss - -the wrong dialyzer was set up
and primed for a patient, but it was caught before dialysis was initiated and the dialyzer
was replaced
, -using the __________ approach is one way to fill out an REM - -SBAR
-What is your main priority when returning a patient's blood with the hand crank
during a power outage? - -you must be vigilant in watching for air in the blood lines
-what problem will cause an increase in the patient's VP - -a clot in the venous drip
chamber
-Which blood test must be performed at regular intervals on patients susceptible to
HPB - -HBsAg
-who is accountable for appropriate patient and teammate scheduling in the acute
setting - -
-you are dialyzing a patient and the only available HPB surveillance test is a HBsAb of
8. What are the machine disinfection requirements after dialyzing this patient? - -the
machine must be heat disinfected at the end of each day
-What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in dialysis patients? - -use
of catheters for HD
-which infectious disease requires frequent hand washing instead of using alcohol based
hand gels - -active clostridioides difficile infection
-What precautions must be used when handling lab specimens? - -universal
precautions
-waiting only five seconds between lowering the blood pump speed and drawing the
post treatment blood sample could - -cause the post treatment BUN reading to be
falsely low (wait 15 seconds)
