2024/2025 Bonent Review Exam | Questions
with Correct Answers | 100% Verified
During pre-treatment patients evaluation what is the best question for the PCT to ask?
Correct Answer How have you been since your last dialysis treatment?
During the set- up of a machine the alarm test for conductivity fails. Which action would
be best for the pct to take Correct Answer Contact the biomed equipment tech
The dialysis industry strives to improve the quality of patient outcomes. One way this is
done is through continuous quality improvement (CQI) process. What is a model of the
CQI process? Correct Answer plan, do, check, and act
Nephron Correct Answer The functional unit of the kidney is called the
Diabetes Correct Answer The number one reason for chronic kidney failure is the united
states is?
What is the acid-base imbalance commonly seen in patients with chronic renal failure?
Correct Answer Metabolic acidosis
What are the functions of the kidney? Correct Answer Fluid balance
Electrolyte balance
Elminates metabolic waste
Approximately what percent of the cardiac output is received by the kidney's? Correct
Answer 23%
What is considered an elevated serum potassium level for a dialysis patient? Correct
Answer 5.5 mEq/L
, 2
Hormones made by the kidney are? Correct Answer Erythropoietin
Calcitriol
Renin
Hyperkalemia may cause Correct Answer Serious or even deadly changes in the heart
rhythm
What is the PCT's role in patient teaching? Correct Answer Reinforce teaching the
patient may have received from the nurse, physician, dietitian, or other teammates
What type of vascular access has fewest complications? Correct Answer The a/v fistula
Risks associated with a deionization (D.I) water treatment system? Correct Answer
Once a DI system is exhausted it releases all of the ions it once held.
DI has caused most of the water treatment related deaths in patients.
DI does not remove bacteria
The absence of pathogens Correct Answer Asepsis
What organization establishes dialysis water quality standards? Correct Answer
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
To make public drinking water safe municipal water supplies commonly treat water with
chemical additives. These same additives must be removed from the water supply used
for hemodialysis. Common drinking water additives are? Correct Answer Chlorine and
Ammonia
Fluorine
Alum
Hemolysis Correct Answer Bursting of red blood cells
, 3
Hemodialysis infection control precautions are? Correct Answer Dispose of needles in a
puncture resistant color coded box.
Always wear a protective gown where there is potential for contact with blood or body
fluids.
Promptly clean blood spills/splashes with appropriate disinfecting agent
For patient or equipment contact.
When troubleshooting the vascular access.
Handling blood/body fluid samples. Correct Answer Gloves must be worn
The heparin sodium concentration commonly used in hemodialysis is Correct Answer
1ml 1,000 units
When should the PCT verify the absence of residual sterilant? Correct Answer
Immediately before initiating treatment
If the extracorporeal circuit clots, it would be most important to monitor the patients?
Correct Answer Hemoglobin level
One reason normal saline is used to prime the extracorporeal circuit prior to initiating
treatment is to Correct Answer Remove air
What is the name of the instrument used to measure blood pressure? Correct Answer
Sphygmomanometer
What would improve the adequacy of the dialysis treatment Correct Answer Increase
the treatment time
During a hemodialysis treatment a patient goes into cardiac arrest. What should the
PCT do first? Correct Answer Call for help
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