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Which of the following is a basic principle of self management - ANSWER-Dealing with the consequences of the illness rather than just the physical disease its self Andragogy takes into account - ANSWER-That adults desire to take responsibility for what they learn In order to detect problems as...

ultrafiltration - ANSWER-removes water from the blood by PUSHING it across the semipermeable membrane from the blood side within the dialyzer's hollow fibers to the dialysate side; pressure is added to the dialyzer to get the fluid out. TMP - ANSWER-transmembrane pressure; pressure in dialyzer. ...

What is DaVita policy that allows dialysis technicians to administer these three medications - ANSWER-Saline (0.9% Sodium Chloride), Heparin, and Lidocaine What is aseptic technique? - ANSWER-The method to protect against infection by pathogenic microorganisms when preparing and administering me...

What is adequacy? - ANSWER--How well dialysis tx is working -measured by green post BUN lab - Kt/V goal is 1.2 or 65% What affects Kt/V? - ANSWER-- time of tx -frequency of tx -increasing BFR and DFR increase Kt/V Needle gauge sizes vs. BFR - ANSWER-- 17g=200-250 - 16g = 250-350 - 15g =...

Chlorine/Chloramine testing: - ANSWER-When: R/O runs 15 mins before patient shift every 4 hours Where: After Primary carbon tank sample port Acceptable result: Less than or equal to 0.1 mg/L Action if results are too high post primary tank: Repeat the test Define the term AKI - ANSWER-- Term i...

Convection - ANSWER-Solutes dragged across semipermeable membrane along with fluid Diffusion - ANSWER-Particles move from area of high concentration to low Osmosis - ANSWER-Fluid moves from area of low to high concentration What are the kidneys' excretory functions? - ANSWER-To normalize e...

If a patient with acute kidney injury (AKI) dialyzes in the outpatient facility, one task of the patient care teammates is to monitor blood pressure and weight closely. Why is this important? - ANSWER-Hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia and can further damage the kidneys. ...

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 this important? - ANSWER-Hypovolemia and hypotensive episodes can cause renal ischemia and can further damage the kidneys Chronic kidney disease can ha...

a nephron is made up - ANSWER-a glomerulus and a tubule system which of the following is not a symptom of uremia - ANSWER-elevated hematocrit Mrs. smith's dry weight is 62 kg. her pretreatment weight when she came in for treatment on monday was 67kg. the priming saline amount is 240ml, fluid ...