What practics helps to build a pt's immunity to hepatitis B
Vaccination
A pt asks the technician "what does uremia mean?" The technician's
... [Show More] response should be based on the uremia is
an increase of waste in the blood
a Central venous catheter may be used as a vascular access when a
pt has inadequate blood vessels in the limbs
before a dialysis treatment , the pt tells the Technician, "Yesterday, I felt terrible and vomited up some blood. I feel much better today." The technician can expect the pt's treatment will be modified by
decreasing the heparin dose
the technician is unsure of which one of a pt's AV grafts anastomosis is arterial and which one is venous... how do you tell between the two
compress the graft in the middle and palpate each side
at the end of a pt treatment, what should be reported to RN
a pulse rate of 120 beats per min
a pt asked the technician " why am i getting vitamin d therapy"
Vitamin D is needed for healthy bones
Why are dialysis pt more likely to become infected with germs like MRSA
they usually have weak immune systems
An AV fistula is an example of
Peripheral access
While giving information to the relief technician if is MOST important for the technician to
give the relief technician an opportunity to ask and respond to questions
Pt's who keep a record of their blood test results and weights and medications are
Pt's who are involved with self-managing their care feel empowered
if a pt BP drops 82/40 mm Hg , after changing the fluid removal rate the technician should
place pt in trendelendburg
legally if a treatment was performed but not charted in a pt record
it was NOT done
the most common casue of a lotw conductivity alarm during hemodialysis is
an exhausted concentration supply
signs of low blood sugar includ
anxiety and confusion
pt EDW is 70kg and weight before her hemodialysis treatment today is 72kg ... fluid removed during treatment should be
2000mL
at pt target post-dialysis weight of 70kg the pt is likely to be
normotensive
the water supply to the water treatment system is called
feed water
Primary Goal of QAPI is
to achieve better patient outcome
a pt BP is 90/58 mm Hg after treatment and complains of dizziness but isist on leaving, your first response should be
instructing them to sit down for just a little bit longer
what makes you suspect an access is clotted
a bruit was absent
if a pt has a normal routine outside of Dialysis that they would like to continue
explore changing their dialysis schedule to hours that would let them continue the usual routine
a pt test positive for Hep B surface antigen, you would then
Dialyze the pt using a dedicated machine in an assigned area
what part of the water treatment system removes endotoxins
ultrafilter
the purpose of Ultrafiltration profiling is to
minimize hypotension [Show Less]