vaccination
Which of the following practices helps to build a patient's immunity to hepatitis B?
Hepatitis b
inflammation of the liver caused by
... [Show More] the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is transmitted sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body fluids
an increase of waste in the blood
A patient asks the technician. "What does uremia mean ? The technicians response should be based on the understanding that uremia is
Uremia
urine in the blood
Patient has inadequate blood vessels in the limbs
A central venous catheter may be used as a vascular access when a ?
Decreasing the heparin dose
Before a dialysis treatment, the patient tells the technician, "yesterday, i felt terrible and vomited up some blood. I feel much better today " the technician can expect the patient treatment will be modified by
Compress the graft in the middle and palpate each side
The technician is unsure which one of a patient's arteriovenous (AV) grafts anastomoses is arterial and which one is venous. In order to differentiate between the two , the technician should?
A plus rate of 120 beats per minute
At the end of a patient's treatment, which of these findings, if observed by the technician, should be reported to the nurse?
Vitamin D is needed for healthy bones
A patient asks the dialysis technician, why am i getting vitamin D therapy? Which of these responses would be accurate?
They usually hAve weak immune system
Why are dialysis patients more likely to become infected with germs like methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Peripheral access
The technician prepares and cannulates Mr. Jackson arteriovenous (AV) fistula. An AV fistula is an example of ?
An opportunity to ask and respond to questions
The technician lunch break is scheduled in the middle of mr Jackson hemodialysis treatment. While giving information to the relief caregiver, it is most important for the technician to include ?
Patient's who are involved with self-managing their care feel empowered
The technician notices that Mr. Jackson has a notebook in which he records results of his blood test, weights, and medications. The technician should have which of these understanding about mr Jackson record keeping ?
Trendelenburg
During the last hour of his hemodialysis treatment, mr Jackson blood pressure measures 82/40 mm hg. After changing the fluid removal rate, the technician should place Mr. Jackson in which of these positions?
Trendelenburg
position on back feet elevated higher than head
Note done
Legally, if a treatment was performed but not charted in the patient's record, it was ?
An exhausted concentrate supply
The most common cause of a low conductivity alarm during hemodialysis is ?
anxiety and confusion
A patient who has diabetes mellitus should be observed for signs of low blood sugar, which include?
Feed water
Mrs .chase begins her hemodialysis treatment. The water supply to the water treatment system is called ?
Feed water
tap water before treatment
Achieve better patient outcomes
Mrs. chase overhears a nurse discussing a QAPI ( Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement) meeting and asks, what does QAPI mean? The technician should understand that the primary goal of QAPI in a dialysis facility is to ?
instruct her to sit down
After her hemodialysis treatment, Mrs. chase's standing blood pressure is 90/58 mm Hg. She complains of "feeling dizzy " but insists that she can walk to the scale. The technician initial response should be to .
A bruit was absent
At Mrs.Chase's next treatment, the technician suspects that her access is clotted. The technician suspicion would be true if
Explore changing his dialysis schedule to hours that would let him continue his usual routine
A 30-year-old male new to hemodialysis is schedule for treatment at 6:00 AM, three times a week. He tells the technician, I've walked a mile every morning for years. I guess I'll have to give that up now, which of these responses by the technician would be best
Dialyze the patient using a dedicated machine in an assigned area
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