What is a pre-dialysis evaluation? - answer 1) Review of the patient's health.
2) Compares current health status to previous evaluations.
Why is pre-dialysis evaluations needed? - answer 1) To determine if the patient
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What is a pre-dialysis evaluation? - answer 1) Review of the patient's health.
2) Compares current health status to previous evaluations.
Why is pre-dialysis evaluations needed? - answer 1) To determine if the patient is stable to receive
treatment.
2) Determine if there has been a change in health status.
3) Provides a baseline date to plan for a safe treatment.
Describe Universal precautions - answer Steps we take with all patient contact to decrease the risk
of spreading infection to protect our patient and ourselves.
What are the 3 C's? - answer 1) Condition (objective)
2) Complaints (subjective)
3) Changes (objective)
What should you look for with:
Ambulation - answer Gait changes, use of assistive devices, ROM, energy level.
What should you look for with:
Mental status and mood - answer A&O x 3, any changes in usual mood
(Alert and orientation)
Person, place, time (situation) A&Ox4
What should you look for with:
Skin - answer Color, integrity, temperature, edema
What should you look for with:
Vital signs - answer Weight, BP, HR, respiration's, temperature
What is EDW?
Estimated Dry weight - answer A patient's wt with excess fluid removed
When is a RN required to assess a pre-treatment wt? - answer If the patient pre-treatment wt is >4
kg above EDW.
What does a blood pressure measure? - answer Measurement of the pressure of force of blood
against the walls of the arteries.
When do you report a blood pressure to the RN? - answer SBP <100 or > 180
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