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FRESENIUS PCT EXAM NEW EST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ ||BRAND
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When should you replace the venous line during treatment?
- If the arterial pressure goes to - 250
- If a large clot is seen in the venous line
- Should never be replaced during treatment
- Venous pressure is half the BFR - CORRECT ANSWER -If a
large clot is seen in the venous line
Which should be reported to the RN? - CORRECT ANSWER -
BP 165/102
Where in the circuit should you look to determine what the cause of an venous alarm?
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- the dialyzer
- the venous chamber to the venous needle
- blood pump only
- from the arterial needle to the blood bump - CORRECT
ANSWER-the venous chamber to the venous needle
After treatment, a patient's blood pressure has dropped from 135/90 to 94/68. What should you do? - CORRECT ANSWER - notify RN
What must you do when leaving a dirty area and going to a clean area and get supplies? - CORRECT ANSWER -remove gloves and perform hand hygiene
What is the safe range when testing for dialysate pH? -
CORRECT ANSWER -6.9 - 7.6
Dialysate with high conductivity will cause ______. Dialysate with low conductivity will cause _______. - CORRECT ANSWER-crenation, hemolysis
When is hand santizer okay to be used? - CORRECT ANSWER - after leaving patient station
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Where must hepatitis B positive patient be dialyzed? - CORRECT ANSWER -isolation room
Where should be dialyze a hep B susceptible patient? - CORRECT ANSWER -Outside the buffer zone AWAY from the isolation room
What concentration of bleach should be used to clean a blood spill to clean a blood spill greater than 10 mL. - CORRECT
ANSWER-1:10
Which of the following statements is correct about clamps?
a. clamps must be soaked in 1:100 bleach solution for 20
minutes
- clamps can be used for 30 minutes at a time
- clamps do not require a doctor's order
- two clamps can be used if a patient cannot hold both sites -
CORRECT ANSWER -clamps must be soaked in 1:100 bleach
solution for 20 minutes
What is the function of dialysis? - CORRECT ANSWER - remove excess fluid and waste removal
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You must apply a tourniquet before cannulating which type of access? - CORRECT ANSWER -fistula
What is the number one cause of chronic kidney disease? - CORRECT ANSWER -diabetes
What is the term used for pre-treatment weight minus estimated dry weight? - CORRECT ANSWER -AW (available weight)
Arterial pressure should be no more than what? - CORRECT
ANSWER-- 250
Kinks in the blood line, a high dialysate temperature and low conductivity dialysate can cause which complication? - CORRECT ANSWER -hemolysis
If the needle infiltrates, what should do first? - CORRECT ANSWER-stop the blood pump
Which machine alarms does not stop the blood pump? - CORRECT ANSWER -conductivity
Which of the following occurs when the machine goes into bypass?
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