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1. AAMI Chemical Analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested✔✔✔
annually
2. A dialysis technician observes a drop of blood on the surface of a
patient's hemodialysis machine. Which of these actions should the dialysis
technician take?✔✔✔ Clean the machine surface immediately
3. A dialysis technician observes all of the below on the treatment floor,
which one poses an environment risk?✔✔✔ About one ounce (30 ml)
fluid is on the floor
4. A fistula connects✔✔✔ An artery to a vein
,5. A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a
dialyzer is✔✔✔ Vitamin B12
6. A mixed- bed DI tank contains✔✔✔ Cations and anions
7. A nephron is made up of✔✔✔ A glomerulus and a tubule system
8. A patient complains of pain at the venous needle site. The dialysis
tech- nician observes there is swelling distal to the venous needle site
and that the venous pressure is rising. The dialysis technician should
suspect✔✔✔ An infiltration
9. A patient who is to receive their first dialysis treatment is prone to?✔✔✔
Dial- ysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
10.A patient tells the technician that the dietician reviewed high
potassium foods with her. During the conversation she states she
routinely eats the following foods. Which one is highest in potassium?
✔✔✔ bananas
,11.A reason why a dialysis technician is to be certified is✔✔✔ It's a new
Federal regulation
12.A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during
hemodial- ysis is indicative of✔✔✔ Clotting of extracorporeal circuit
13.A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to
Mr. Smith. You would✔✔✔✔✔✔ Never document something that
someone else did
14.A true aneurysm can be dangerous because it✔✔✔ May rupture and
cause the patient to bleed profusely
15.A patient's laboratory results indicate that the predialysis BUN level
was lower than the post dialysis BUN level. When interpreting these
findings the technician should seek the answer to which of these
questions?✔✔✔ Was the predialysis sample drawn from the venous
port?
,16. A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient
has✔✔✔✔✔✔ -
Tachycardia
17.A patient's dry weight is 154.0 (70kg) and the patient's pre treatment
weight is 158.4. (72kg). For a four- hour treatment, how many mL/ hour
must the patient lose to reach dry weight?✔✔✔ 500
18.AAMI standards for the total microbial count of dialysate shall not
ex- ceed✔✔✔✔✔✔ 200 CFU/Ml
19.Acceptable interdialytic weight gains are✔✔✔ 3-5% of EDW
20.According to AAMI the standard level for endotoxins levels is✔✔✔
Less than two (2) EU/mL
21.According to the new Conditions for Coverage, all dialysis technicians
are to be certified by a national certifying agency or state specific certifica-
tion by✔✔✔✔✔✔ 4/15/2010
22.Albumin is an important test that tells about the patient's✔✔✔
, Nutritional
23.All of the following are phosphate binders except✔✔✔✔✔✔ Vitamin
B12
24.All of the following may be signs and symptoms of an infected
access except✔✔✔✔✔✔ numbness and tingling
25.Asepsis is defined as✔✔✔ The absence of disease producing
organisms
26.Based on Mrs Smith's total amount of fluid to be removed, what is
the ultrafiltration rate per hour (mL/hr) for her 4 hour treatment?✔✔✔
1,385 mL/hr
27.Before a hemodialysis treatment, the technician removes the cap from
the fistula needle and accidentally touches the chair with the tip of the
needle. Which of these actions should the technician take first?✔✔✔
Discard the needle
,28.Dialysate that is too hot will cause✔✔✔ Hemolysis
29.Dry weight is defined as the✔✔✔ Weight at which the patient has
no edema or fluid in the lungs and BP is normal
30.During a hemodialysis treatment the technician responds to a low
venous pressure alarm. The most likely cause for this alarm is✔✔✔✔✔✔
Disconnection of the bloodline
31.Biohazardous waste includes any material exposed to✔✔✔✔✔✔ Blood
32. Decreasing the patient's prescribed blood flow rate affects the rate
of✔✔✔ -
Diffusion
, 33.During a hemodialysis treatment, a patient's venous needle
infiltrates. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician take
first?✔✔✔ Stop the pump
34.Dialysate pH should be✔✔✔✔✔✔ Between 7.0 and 7.4
35.During hemodialysis, the air detector on Ms. Foster's machine alarms
and foam is visible in the venous drop chamber. The immediate action of
the dialysis technician should be to✔✔✔✔✔✔ Clamp the venous line
36.During predialysis data collection, it would be best for the technician to
ask the patient which of these questions?✔✔✔ How have you been since
your last dialysis treatment?
37.During the hemodialysis treatment, a patient complains of feeling
chilled. In addition to getting the patient a blanket, which of these actions
should the technician take?✔✔✔ Take the patient's temperature
38.During the set up of a hemodialysis machine, the alarm test for conduc-
tivity fails. Which of these actions should the dialysis technician take?
✔✔✔ Notify the equipment technician
39.ESRD specific tests such as BUN, Creatinine, and URR are✔✔✔
Indicators of the adequacy of the renal replacement therapy
40.Excess fluid is forced out of the blood and into the dialysate
during dialysis by which principle✔✔✔ Ultrafiltration
41.Feed conductivity- product conductivity divided by x 100 is the
formula calculation of✔✔✔ Percent rejection
42.Fluid to be removed divided by the treatment time tells us✔✔✔ The
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