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Dialysis managed medications only should have this description selected in the "Medication Use" field selected in the medication order

What is "Home Dialysis Med"

This will give the nursing staff and Providers a more filtered view of the patients medication lists in the designation tabs of the medication order main screen

100

The meaning of a patients "Dry Wt" or "EDW" refers too

What is the patients estimated body wt with no additional fluid wt on them.

This wt is adjusted frequently, nursing staff can tell if a patient is losing or gaining wt by the patients BP, cramping, lung sounds and edma

100

This is most commonly a 16 port black box that connects the dialysis machines to the PEARL or TIME EMR in the IT closet that helps decipher raw data into blood pressure information

What is a digi

Bonus 100 - Which clinics are these removed from

100

How many steps / sections are there on a TIME hemo flow sheet

what is 13

100

This is the server Providers need in AD Tool Kit to be able to access PEARL / PEARLCare remotely

What is RAS- Clinical Desktop


Bonus 100 - What is the web address Providers use to access EMR's remotely from a PC or laptop?

200

What 2 types of charges are home therapy nurses responsible for documenting in PEARL in the "Orders" section

What are training and home hemo charges

200

Name the 2 forms of PD

What is CAPD and CCPD


Bonus 200 - What is the difference between the two

200

Describe the function of a router and a switch

What is the router connects multiple networks and forward the information to a main network. 

The switch receives information from the different network drops throughout the facility and dispatch to the router

200

Who should be designated as the supervising nurse

What is the RN that is responsible for the patient when the patients treatment ends

200

Who is the primary financial investor of USRC now

What is Bain Capital

300

This should be documented in PEARLCare prior to opening a PD Clinic Visit note

What is Vitals


Bonus 100 - What 2 pieces of information should be documented in this screen

300

The abbreviations BFR, DFR, TMP, and UFR stand for in the chairside session 

What is: Blood Flow Rate, Dialysate Flow Rate, Trans Membrane Pressure, Ultrafiltration Rate

300

The name the OS placed on the Rounding Laptops

What is IGEL

300

Where would charge nurse document a rounding note in PEARLCare.

What is in the manual collection in the observation screen

300

Medical Directors at the facility must fill this out each month in PEARL

What is the MD Attestation

400

This date should be entered for all reoccurring labs on home patients

What is the last day on each month

400

The abbreviation AKI stands for

What is Acute Kidney Injury


Bonus 200 - What should clinics do in the EMR when a patient switches from AKI to in-center modality

400

We order the computer carts from this company in EInventory

What is First Health Care Products INC.

400

Name the two documents nursing staff have to document on a patient after they have been discharged from the hospital

Post hospitalization Nurses Note and 14 Steps Prevent Hospitalization Readmission 

400

When are IDT /POC suppose to complete for a new patient. When are they due for a stable and unstable patient

What is for new patient first 30days, reassessment in 90days. For stable annual (depend on some states quarterly. Unstable -Monthly

Bonus 200 - Give at least 3 reasons why a patient status would change from stable to unstable

500

After the initial entry where are PD transfer set changes documented and what field is mandatory

What is the Reminders and Lot #

500

The abbreviation AVF and AVG refer to this,

What Arteriolvenous  Fistula and ArteriolVenous Graft


Bonus 100 - What is the difference

500

This software is used to load network printers on desktops and Wyse terminals at the facilities

What is PrinterLogic

500

Where do users go to update patient insurance in PEARL

What is Red Flags

Bonus 100 - What is the quality control measure used to make sure patients insurances are up to date each month

500

Where do users go to see the complete list of charges on a patient for a selected time frame

What is in the Orders icon in PEARL under the Order History filter

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