DaVita PCT Final Exam

DaVita PCT Final Exam 2022/2023 1.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? (answer) hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia and can further damage the kidneys 2.CKD can have its orgin pre-renal , intra-renalm or post renal. Which of the following conditions is an intra-renal cause of CKD (answer) HTN 3.Knowing what caused your patient's CKD (answer) is important because the underly- ing disease could cause health complications that can impact the dialysis treatment 4.When a PCT documents the extent of a patient's edema, for example as +3 (answer) the PCT is preforming an assessment which is not allowed legally 5.When a patient has an irregular heartbeat, (answer) the automatic BP reading may not be accurate 6.Which of the following is a data collection (answer) HR 72 7.at what time should the post treatment data collection be completed (answer) after the treatment has been completed 8.the A in smart communication stands for (answer) actual- just report the facts 9.which of the following events is defined as a near miss (answer) the 1 / 2

wrong dialyzer was set up and primed for a patient, but it was caught before dialysis was initiated and the dialyzer was replaced 10.using the approach is one way to fill out an REM (answer) SBAR 11.What is your main priority when returning a patient's blood with the hand crank during a power outage? (answer) you must be vigilant in watching for air in the blood lines 12.what problem will cause an increase in the patient's VP (answer) a clot in the venous drip chamber 13.Which blood test must be performed at regular intervals on patients susceptible to HPB (answer) HBsAg 14.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? (answer) the machine must be heat disinfected at the end of each day 15.What is the most common factor contributing to bacteremia in dialysis patients? (answer) use of catheters for HD