FREE Certified Dialysis Nurse Questions and Answers

Question 1

Because of the necessity to review procedures, a new nurse in the critical care unit works slowly and adds to the workload of other staff members.
She is unfamiliar with the CRRT equipment being utilized.
The ideal response is to?

Accepted Answer

Offer to assist and mentor the new nurse.

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Complain to the director.

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Advise the new nurse to take materials home to study.

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Allow the new nurse all the time needed to learn.

Question 2

What does the peritoneal equilibration test measure?

Accepted Answer

Determine the amount of glucose absorbed from dialysate and the amount of urea and creatinine filtered into the dialysate in a 4-hour dwell.

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Determine the amount of residual glucose that remains in the dialysate after a 4-hour dwell is drained.

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Determine the patient’s serum urea and serum creatinine after a 4-hour dwell is drained.

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Determine the amount of urea in a 24-hour collection of drained dialysate compared to the amount of urea in the blood.

Question 3

When a patient receiving hemodialysis exhibits marked eosinophilia, what is the patient more likely to experience?

Accepted Answer

Type A (anaphylactic) dialyzer reaction

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Hemolysis

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Air embolism

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Type B (hypersensitivity) dialyzer reaction

Question 4

An adolescent patient who had been receiving peritoneal dialysis for three years turns 18 but refuses to continue the treatment because he doesn't think he needs it, even if he is willing to take medicine. In order to live with three pals in an apartment, he has left his parents' house. The ideal reaction is to?

Accepted Answer

Provide education and support to the patient.

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Advise the parents to get a court order mandating treatment.

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Advise the parents to cut off all support until the patient agrees to dialysis.

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Refer the patient to a psychiatrist.

Question 5

Which of the following acts allows for prosecution if a dialysis center's management bills for goods and services that were not delivered?

Accepted Answer

False Claims Act

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Snyder Act

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Affordable Care Act

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Public Health Service Act

Question 6

When added, what causes peritoneal dialysate to become hyperosmolar?

Accepted Answer

Glucose

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Chloride

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Sodium

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Bicarbonate

Question 7

The target weight loss for Ms. Precy's hemodialysis session has been determined by the nurse, but the patient claims that the target is incorrect and is 1 kg too high. The nurse ought to

Accepted Answer

Recalculate the target weight loss.

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Reassure the patient that the target is correct.

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Advise the patient that 1 kg is inconsequential.

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Ignore the patient.