CHT EXAM EXAM QUESTIONS

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CHT EXAM EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Dialyzer are processed before each use to rinse out manufacturing residues and to?

Answer:

Establish the orginal fiber bundle volume of the dialyzer and check for leaks

Question 2: Negative pressure is pressure created when?

Answer:

Fluid is pulled through a restriction Question 3: dialyzer performance can be affected by reuse .Which of the following sets of potential problems may be related to reuse?

Answer:

Blood leak, first use syndrome, inconsistent ultrafiltration

Question 4: dialysate conductivity measures

Answer:

The total electrical charge of a solution

Question 5: Dialysate that has too little sodium can cause?

Answer:

Low blood pressure, cramping, and bursting of red blood cells

Question 6: Which of the following will increase the amount of solutes that will diffuse across the semipermeable membrane?

Answer:

High concentration gradients

Question 7: Normal body temp taken orally is ?

Answer:

98.6

Question 8: The normal range for resting pulse rate in an adult is?

Answer:

60 to 100 beats/min

Question 9: Diffusion is movement of Particles?

Answer:

From an area of higher concentration

Question 10: Dialysate that has to much calcium can cause

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irregular heartbeat, sever muscle weakness, vomiting, confussion Question 11: which of the following is the first sympton that a patient developing dialysis disequilibrium syndrone is most likely to exhibit?

Answer:

Headace

Question 12: The endrocine functions of the kidney include

Answer:

Making erythpoietin and the active form of vitaim D

Question 13: Why do kidney patients often have bone disease?

Answer:

Kidneys stop producing calcium

Question 14: A rapid pulse of 104 beats/min would indicate that the paptient has

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Tachycardia Question 15: first use syndrome is a hypersensitivty reaction to a dialyhzer. It is characterized by?

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Back pain, Anxiety, Tachycardia, wheezing, circulatory collapse Question 16: Seizures during dialysis may be caused by all of the following EXCEPT

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Sudden decrease in dialyzer clearence Question 17: The components of the dialysis treatment that effect clearance include?

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Dialysate flow, time of treatment, dialyzer size , blood flow rate Question 18: things that can effect dialysis adequacy include all of the following except?

Answer:

luer lock connectors.

Question 19: The leading cause of End stage renal disease for adults in the USA

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Diabetes Question 20: If there is a decrease in the patient URR OR KT/V,which of the following factors should be looked at?

Answer:

1.increased access recirculation 2.diminished dialyzer performance due to reprocessing 3.indequate anticoagulation of the blood 4.blood pump speed

Question 21: which of the followingis _NOT_ a symptom of chemical reaction due to incomplete rinsing of the germicide from a reprocessed dialyzer?

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Numbness in the access arm Question 22: 2 things that affect the dialyzer's ability to remove wastes from the body include?

Answer:

Surface area and molecular weight cutoff.

Question 23: A nephron is made up of?

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A glomerulus and a tubule Question 24: Patients with kidney failure often complain of itching which is likely to be caused by?

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Hyperphosphatemia Question 25: At which point in the extracorporeal circuit is the blood usually under negative pressure?

Answer:

The arterial line section before the blood plump.Question 26: AAMI standards recommended quality control activites before a reprocessed dialyzer is used on a patient. How many people must check the dialyzer to verify quialty control info?

Answer:

• people,1of whom should be the patient

Question 27: dialysate is the fluid that helps remove waste products from the body. it contains a number of substance.

Answer:

Bicarbonate, Sodium, Potassium