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If a patient with acute kidney injury dialyses in the outpatient facility, one task of the patient care teammates is to monitor blood pressure and weight closely.Why is it important? ✔✔Hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia and can further damage the kidneys.
Chronic kidney disease can have its origin pre renal, intra renal, or post renal. Intra renal is cause of CKD is?? ✔✔Hypertension
Knowing what caused your patients CKD ✔✔Is important because of underlying disease can cause health complications that can impact dialysis
Which factor would influence the K of the kt/v ✔✔Blood volume processed
It's important for patients to stay entire treatment because dialysis only replaces! ✔✔Less than 15% of normal kidney function
Waiting only 5 seconds between lowering the blood pump speed and drawing post treatment blood sample can cause? ✔✔Cause the Kt/V reading to be falsely high
When a PCT documents the extend of a patients edema ✔✔The PCT is performing an assignment which is not allowed legally
When a patient has irregular heartbeat ✔✔The auto bp reading may not be accurate
A patient presents with elevated temp after initiation of dialysis ✔✔A pyrogenic reaction
If a patient had adverse reaction within first couple minutes after treatment initiation, yet no pre treatment data had been entered into the computer ✔✔There is no proof that safety checks were completed
When is a pre-treatment assessment by the licensed nurse required? check all that apply! ✔✔- when it is mandated by by the state
-when the PCT performing a data collection notices abnormal findings
when the patient reports unusual symptoms to the nurse prior to treatment initiation.
-when the nurse observes unusual behaviors in a patient entering the treatment floor.
what problem will cause an increase in the patient's venous pressure ✔✔A clot in the drip chamber
What is the most frequent infectious complication in dialysis patients? ✔✔Bacterial vascular access infection
What infectious disease requires frequent handwashing instead of using alcohol based hand gels? ✔✔Active Clostridium difficile infection
Contact transmission is the most important route through which infections are spread. Contact transmission is defined as ✔✔Transmission of microorganisms through healthcare workers hands
what precautions must be used when handling and packaging lab specimen? ✔✔universal precautions
lavender tubes must be ✔✔must be inverted a min of 8-10 times to properly mix and avoid clotting
if a tube breaks in the centrifuge you must ✔✔discard the sleeve and remove the opposing sleeve
Fluid overload and hypertension lead to left ventricular hypertrophy. This means ✔✔Hypotensive episodes are more likely to occur during the dialysis treatment
Your role in CKD-MBD management includes ✔✔reminding the patient who is eating a snack during dialysis to take his phosphate binders
Your role in anemia management includes ✔✔Rinsing back as much of the patient's blood as you can at the termination of each treatment.
the guiding communication style is best used ✔✔to help patients find their own solutions
when a healthcare practitioner automatically intervenes when observing a patient doing something detrimental to his health ✔✔the health practitioner gave in to the righting reflex
behavior change is best elicited through ✔✔understanding the patient's motivations and providing support
Your patient complains of ringing in the ears, being nauseated and having cold, clammy skin. The most likely cause is ✔✔Hypotension
What is a likely cause of dysrhythmias (irregular heartbeat)? ✔✔Hypotension, heart disease or rapid changes in serum potassium
In what possition should you place a patient who experiences intradialytic hypotension? ✔✔Flat supine
What is an underlying assumption of self-management? ✔✔People who understand and take control of their condition will be healthier and happier.
to providing helpful information and training? ✔✔Care providers must be aware of the patient's health literacy.
Which of the following may distract a visual learners attention? ✔✔providing background music.
single does medications should be prepared and administered within ✔✔4 hours
when a patient requests topical anesthetic spray to numb the calculation sites- the appropriate time to clean the sites is ✔✔before applying the spray
your patient ask whether it is OK to take an over-the-counter cold remedy. what is your appropriate response? ✔✔let's ask your nephrologist what she recommends will be a safe medication for you
what are the conditions for coverage? ✔✔CMS regulations that dialysis providers must meet to become and stay certified
what can be the most likely result if the surveyor sees a patient with a covered vascular access? ✔✔A Immediate jeopardy
to assist in survey readiness you should ✔✔-know and follow policies and procedures
-be accountable and take initiatives
-live out our mission and core values
the peritoneal dialysis (PD) exchange includes: ✔✔Drain, flush, fill, dwell
home hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment: ✔✔offers a more flexible schedule
