Davita Final Exam 1
What complication would you expect to see if a patient is exposed to chlorine/chloramines? - answer
Hemolysis
You are performing
... [Show More] the first chlorine/chloramine testing of the day after the RO has been running for 10
minutes. Performing thetest at this time - answer Could result in a false negative test
At what time do you perform water hardness testing? - answer At the end of each treatment day
What is your immediate response to a final water quality alarm on the treatment floor? - answer Place all
machines into bypass
Benifits of peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis? - answer Home based
Flexible schedule
Fewer diatary restrictions
The two types of peritoneal dialysis are - answer CAPD and CCPD
Procedure when useing hemostatic sponges such as SureSeal? - answer Remove the hemostatic sponge
after hemostasis has been acheived and dress needle site w bandaid or gauze
- answer Two weeks
Why should a pt be in a comfortable supine position when performing Pre dialysis CVC care? - answer The
supine position increases pressure with in central veins and diminishes the risk of an air embolism
Flipping the arterial vascular access needle - answer Is not necessary since all arterial needles now have a
back eye
A new AVF has received his post op exam and meets KDOQIs rule of 6s which NFACT cannulator would the
AVF - answer Advanced cannulater
AV graft and hear whistling sound could be indicative of - answer An outflow stenosis
KDOQI rule of 6s - answer Provides guidelines for use of new AV fistula
To prevent the formation of aneurysms in pseudo aneurysm the following should be practice - answer Good
needle site rotation in complete needle site clotting techniques
During cannulation of all AV fistula's - answer A tourniquet is to be applied to increase vein engorgement
and stabilize vessel
What is an important action prior to returning a patient's blood using the hand crank in the event of a power
failure - answer Remove the venous line from the line clamp
What problems will cause a more negative (high-pressure alarm) pre-pump arterial pressure - answer
Kinking of the arterial blood line between the vascular access in the arterial monitor
What problems will cause an increase in venous pressure - answer Clotting of the Venus drip chamber
Which statement is true regarding the "reason of prudent" standard of care - answer When supervising
patient care technicians and other non-licensed personnel it is the responsibility of the license nurse to
ensure these teammates also meet the standard of care [Show Less]