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DAVITA PCT TRAINING EXAM 2025 FINAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEST GRADED A+
wheezes or rhonchi are... - -answer--are heard continuously during inspiration and expiration,
Wheezes are usually high-pitched and have a shrill or hissing quality while rhonchi are lower
pitched with a snoring sound quality
common causes for wheezes are... - -answer--asthma, COPD, and pulmonary edema
pleural friction rub ... - -answer--low-pitched, grating, or creaking sounds that occur when
inflamed pleural surfaces rub together during respiration. They are most often heard on
inspiration rather than expiration.
pleural friction rub sounds are easily confused with pericardial friction rub sounds to determine
the difference... - -answer--ask patients to briefly hold their breath and if the rubbing sound
continues its pericardial and if it stops is pleural rub
what is REM and what is used to submit? - -answer--Risk Event Management and unsafe
condition, near miss, and an adverse event
Sterile means - -answer--free of all living microorganisms and spores
clean means - -answer--not sterile, but disinfected such as a clean dialysis chair
contaminated means - -answer--that a sterile or clean item has come in contact with non-sterile
object
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dirty means - -answer--neither sterile or clean, but visibly contaminated
Alcohol-bases hand rubs must contain - -answer--60-95% ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, or a
combination of both
How long should you wash your hands for? - -answer--20 seconds
PPE includes what? - -answer--gloves, gowns, masks, protective eye gear
Convection - -answer--Solutes and fluid are dragged across the semipermeable membrane
Why is it important to understand what caused your patient's kidney failure? - -answer--It
assists you to understand the possible complications which may occur during tx
Which of the following factors would decrease the K of the Kt/V formula? - -answer--Inadequate
anticoagulation
Frequent handwashing with warm water and soap rather than alcohol-based hand gel is needed
to stop the spread of which highly contagious active bacterial infection? - -answer--C-diff
Air bubbles in the dialysate or a dirty sensor will cause? - -answer--Blood leak detector alarm
Ischemic heart disease, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction and sudden death may occur due to
what patient complication? - -answer--Left ventricular hypertrophy
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Your patient's machine continues to alarm negative arterial pressure. This is likely to occur
during which of the following - -answer--An arterial blood line is kinked between the access and
the arterial pressure monitor
The most common infectious complication for HD patients is? - -answer--Vascular access
infection
When is PRE-tx assessment by licensed nurse required? - -answer--When mandated by state law
When the PCT performing a data collection notices abnormal findings
Nurse or PCT observe unusual behaviors
When the pt reports unusual symptoms prior to tx initiation
What is true about Povidone iodine? - -answer--Effective contact time is 30 seconds and air
drying time is 2 minutes
During a power failure, prior to returning the pt's blood and performing the hand crack
procedure, you should remove the venous blood line from? - -answer--Air detector clamp
The sign that numbing has taken effect and it is time to stop spraying topical anesthetic onto
vascular access cannulation sites is? - -answer--Blanching
The most common cause of bacterial bloodstream infections in dialysis patients is? - -answer--
The use of CVCs for HD
If your facility dialyzes HepB patients, which assignment is not appropriate patient care? - -
answer--Caring for HBsAg + and HepB susceptible patients at the same time
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A machine alarm reading 'alarm pressure high' (more negative) may be caused by all of the
following except - -answer--Arterial blood line separation
environmental surfaces are cleaned with appropriate disinfectant such as a bleach solution - -
answer--1:100 one part bleach and 99 part water
for visible blood or gross blood spills, a ______ bleach solution must be utilized - -answer--1:10
1 part bleach and 9 parts water
when preparing patient assignments, teammates who care for confirmed or suspected hep B
surface antigen (HBsAg) positive patient(s) will only be assigned to simultaneously care for
surface - -answer--antibody positive (immune) patients
Although dialysis is a complex procedure, it is based on simple principles - -answer--use of a
semipermeable membrane, diffusion, ultrafiltration, convection, and osmosis
what are the 3 treatment goals to achieve in dialysis? - -answer--1. Remove waste from the
blood
2.remove excess water from the blood
3. balance blood electrolytes
semipermeable membrane - -answer--thin sheet of natural or synthetic material that allows
some small particles to pass through, while blocking other, larger ones.
what is a dialyzer and the 2 compartments - -answer--artificial kidney and blood site and
dialysate site
what happens if the blood site and dialysate site mix? - -answer--= blood leak
DAVITA PCT TRAINING EXAM 2025 FINAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BEST GRADED A+
wheezes or rhonchi are... - -answer--are heard continuously during inspiration and expiration,
Wheezes are usually high-pitched and have a shrill or hissing quality while rhonchi are lower
pitched with a snoring sound quality
common causes for wheezes are... - -answer--asthma, COPD, and pulmonary edema
pleural friction rub ... - -answer--low-pitched, grating, or creaking sounds that occur when
inflamed pleural surfaces rub together during respiration. They are most often heard on
inspiration rather than expiration.
pleural friction rub sounds are easily confused with pericardial friction rub sounds to determine
the difference... - -answer--ask patients to briefly hold their breath and if the rubbing sound
continues its pericardial and if it stops is pleural rub
what is REM and what is used to submit? - -answer--Risk Event Management and unsafe
condition, near miss, and an adverse event
Sterile means - -answer--free of all living microorganisms and spores
clean means - -answer--not sterile, but disinfected such as a clean dialysis chair
contaminated means - -answer--that a sterile or clean item has come in contact with non-sterile
object
, 2
dirty means - -answer--neither sterile or clean, but visibly contaminated
Alcohol-bases hand rubs must contain - -answer--60-95% ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, or a
combination of both
How long should you wash your hands for? - -answer--20 seconds
PPE includes what? - -answer--gloves, gowns, masks, protective eye gear
Convection - -answer--Solutes and fluid are dragged across the semipermeable membrane
Why is it important to understand what caused your patient's kidney failure? - -answer--It
assists you to understand the possible complications which may occur during tx
Which of the following factors would decrease the K of the Kt/V formula? - -answer--Inadequate
anticoagulation
Frequent handwashing with warm water and soap rather than alcohol-based hand gel is needed
to stop the spread of which highly contagious active bacterial infection? - -answer--C-diff
Air bubbles in the dialysate or a dirty sensor will cause? - -answer--Blood leak detector alarm
Ischemic heart disease, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction and sudden death may occur due to
what patient complication? - -answer--Left ventricular hypertrophy
, 3
Your patient's machine continues to alarm negative arterial pressure. This is likely to occur
during which of the following - -answer--An arterial blood line is kinked between the access and
the arterial pressure monitor
The most common infectious complication for HD patients is? - -answer--Vascular access
infection
When is PRE-tx assessment by licensed nurse required? - -answer--When mandated by state law
When the PCT performing a data collection notices abnormal findings
Nurse or PCT observe unusual behaviors
When the pt reports unusual symptoms prior to tx initiation
What is true about Povidone iodine? - -answer--Effective contact time is 30 seconds and air
drying time is 2 minutes
During a power failure, prior to returning the pt's blood and performing the hand crack
procedure, you should remove the venous blood line from? - -answer--Air detector clamp
The sign that numbing has taken effect and it is time to stop spraying topical anesthetic onto
vascular access cannulation sites is? - -answer--Blanching
The most common cause of bacterial bloodstream infections in dialysis patients is? - -answer--
The use of CVCs for HD
If your facility dialyzes HepB patients, which assignment is not appropriate patient care? - -
answer--Caring for HBsAg + and HepB susceptible patients at the same time
, 4
A machine alarm reading 'alarm pressure high' (more negative) may be caused by all of the
following except - -answer--Arterial blood line separation
environmental surfaces are cleaned with appropriate disinfectant such as a bleach solution - -
answer--1:100 one part bleach and 99 part water
for visible blood or gross blood spills, a ______ bleach solution must be utilized - -answer--1:10
1 part bleach and 9 parts water
when preparing patient assignments, teammates who care for confirmed or suspected hep B
surface antigen (HBsAg) positive patient(s) will only be assigned to simultaneously care for
surface - -answer--antibody positive (immune) patients
Although dialysis is a complex procedure, it is based on simple principles - -answer--use of a
semipermeable membrane, diffusion, ultrafiltration, convection, and osmosis
what are the 3 treatment goals to achieve in dialysis? - -answer--1. Remove waste from the
blood
2.remove excess water from the blood
3. balance blood electrolytes
semipermeable membrane - -answer--thin sheet of natural or synthetic material that allows
some small particles to pass through, while blocking other, larger ones.
what is a dialyzer and the 2 compartments - -answer--artificial kidney and blood site and
dialysate site
what happens if the blood site and dialysate site mix? - -answer--= blood leak
