Davita PCT Final Exam Questions and Answers (2023/2024) (Verified Answers)

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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

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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