Annual PCT Competency Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Your patient is complaining of cramps and you have already administered 100 ML saline bolus, but the patient is still cramping. Which of the following is not an acceptable intervention - Correct Answers ✅Applying a glove filled with hot water What is the correct procedure for drawing a post BUN lab specimen at the completion of the dialysis treatment - Correct Answers ✅Turn off or decrease to 50 ml/hr, decrease DFR to 300 ml/min or place in bypass, reduce BFR to 100 ml/min, wait 15 seconds and draw the sample from the arterial line Per Davita policy, prior to each medication, preparation, the
medication, preparation, surface area: - Correct Answers
✅Is to be disinfected with a 1:100 bleach solution or
approved disinfectant How long may a vascular Access clamp stay in place before checking your bleeding has stopped? - Correct Answers ✅5-10 minutes Your facility experiences a power outage and you're required to manually rinse back your patience. What must you do prior to using the handcrank? - Correct Answers ✅Replace the normal saline bag with a full new one to comply with safety requirements. 1 / 2
Annual PCT Competency Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Your patient complains of pain at the Venus needle site, tingling around the lips and difficulty breathing. These are signs and symptoms of? - Correct Answers ✅A disinfectant infusion An opened multidose vial, maybe kept for - Correct Answers ✅28 DAYS
Lavender tubes: - Correct Answers ✅Must be inverted a
minimum of 8 to 10 times to properly mix in avoiding clotting
To make a 1:10 bleach solution for cleaning gross blood spills
you would combine: - Correct Answers ✅1 part bleach with
- parts water
When sodium loading occurs during the dialysis treatment: -
Correct Answers ✅It leads to an increase in thirst and larger fluid weight gains with hypertension between treatments and can contribute to headaches after the treatment Do you listen to the bruit of the axis, and instead of hearing the typical whoosh with each heartbeat, you detect a distinctive slam slam sound - Correct Answers ✅This may indicate a stenosis, and should be reported to the nurse
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