CCHT CERTIFICATION EXAM EXAM QUESTIONS

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CCHT CERTIFICATION EXAM EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: A Registered Nurse

Answer:

While technical staff are performing duties in the dialysis unit which other team member must always be present during in center dialysis?

Question 2: Hypotension and Cramping

Answer:

When caring for a patient on dialysis, if the dialysate solution contains too little sodium, the water may shift into the patients' blood cells, causing which signs or symptoms?

Question 3: 40%

Answer:

While reviewing the body weight for a dialysis patient, the dialysis technician knows that ________ of the total amount of body water is contained in the intercellular fluid compartment (ICF)

Question 4: National Nephrology certification organization

Answer:

Which credentialing agency for dialysis technicians includes items such as water treatment, and dialysate preparation, dialyzer reprocessing, and complications of dialysis as a part of their cognitive or practice domains?

Question 5: less than 15 mL/min/1.73

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The patients kidneys have permanently lost most of their ability to remove waste and maintain fluid and chemical balances in the body. What is the patients likely estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)?

Question 6: 1. Kidneys regulate fluid volume in the body

• Kidneys regulate the blood pH
• Kidneys produce erythrpoietin, which controls red blood cell production
• Kidneys are receptor sites for several hormones, including those affecting water excretion

and potassium ion secretion

Answer:

A patient asks the dialysis technician to explain what he normal kidney does, in addition to making urine.What is the response?

Question 7: Dialysis Nurse Manager

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Two dialysis technicians are heatedly discussing a patient care situation. Which hemodialysis team member is responsible for disciplinary action as the first chain of command?

Question 8: 700-1000 ml of water

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How much water is lost through evaporation from the lungs and insensible perspiration every day?

Question 9: "if nephrons are damaged they do no regenerate"

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In conversation with a dialysis technician. a patient with renal failure asks if his kidney will regenerate.He says that his neighbor has had liver problems and his liver has regenerated. How does the technician answer?

Question 10: Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) Association for the advancement of medical instrumentation (AAMI)

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Which external agencies provide additional guidelines and standards in the areas of infectious disease testing, immunizations, dialysis treatment safety, and infection control?

Question 11: 0.9 g of sodium chloride in 100 mL of water

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What is the composition of physiologic saline?Question 12: That the patient has provided informed written consent for dialysis

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Prior to starting dialysis, what must a technician and/or nurse certify?

Question 13: Cation

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You are explaining ions and their electrical charge in solutions to a patient and her family. What is the term for a positively charged ion?

Question 14: National Dialysis Accreditation Commision

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Which organization was recently approved by CMS to be an independent organization allowed to conduct surveys for Medicare certification fostering faster approval of dialysis clinics?

Question 15: Bicarbonate

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Which buffer is the major plasma buffer, therefore important during dialysis?

Question 16: Some understanding of human anatomy and physiology

treatment complications care of the vascular access

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You are planning to apply for a position as a dialysis technician. What knowledge and skills are required as essential components for this position?

Question 17: President Richard Nixon in 1972

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Prior to passing the Social Amendments, treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKD) was available only to the few who met certain criteria or could afford to pay for their own treatment. The amendments extended Medicare coverage to almost all patients with CKD. Who signed the amendments and in what year?