CCHT Test
What are 2 main types of dialysis? - answer Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
How are dialysis clinics paid by Medicare? - answer Prospective payment system
bundles
What does "Pay for performance" mean - answer Clinics that dont meet certain
quality standards will have their payments cut
Which of the following are dialysis clinics required to work with - answer ESRDS
networks
Which of the following is a responsibility of the ERDS networks? - answer 1. Collect
and report data about dialysis
2. Handle Patient grievances
3. Help clinics deal with conflict
4. Promote rehabilitation
What are clinical practice guidelines - answer Efforts to improve patient outcomes by
finding best practices
Which of these is a step of the CQI process - answer Implement the PDCA cycle
Which of the following actions shows that you are behaving as a professional - answer
Getting to work on time
Which of the following is an example of a boundary that should be kept between you
and your patients - answer You should not invite patients to your home
How do you become certified dialysis technician - answer Take a test given by an
approved program
What is a nephron made up of - answer A glomerulus and a tubule
What is the most common cause of kidney failure for US Adults - answer Diabetes
Which of these is a problem of kidney failure caused by build-up of wastes in the blood -
answer uremia
What causes secondary hyperparathyroidism in people with kidney failure - answer
The kidneys no longer make active Vitamin D
, Which of these substances are electrolytes - answer Calcium and Sodium
Which word means too much potassium - answer Hyhperkalemia
What is the patients dry weight - answer The weight after a treatment when all or
most excess water is gone
What should you do if a patient asks you a question you dont know the answer to -
answer Refer patient to a member of the care team that can answer the question.
The dialysis team member with special training in helping people cope with the changes
caused by kidney disease is the - answer social worker
What is a solution made up of - answer Solvent and solute
A semipermeable membrane is a filter that - answer Allows only certain sized
particles pass through
What happens in diffusion - answer Solutes move through a membrane from an area
of higher concentration to a lower one
Which of these would lead to fastest diffusion - answer Small particles, warm
solution, large pores
Which of these best describe osmosis - answer Water moves through a membrane
from a lower solute concentration a higher one
What role does ultrafiltration play in dialysis - answer removes water from the
patients blood
Which of these is the intravascular fluid compartment - answer Blood inside the
blood vessels
During dialysis, levels of waste in the blood can be expected to - answer decrease
What type of pressure is applied when the blood pump pulls blood through a needle -
answer Negative pressure
What is a gradient - answer A difference
Why are synthetic dialysis membranes more biocampatible - answer They adsorb
more proteins from the blood
Which of these is a way to remove solutes - answer convection
What are 2 main types of dialysis? - answer Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
How are dialysis clinics paid by Medicare? - answer Prospective payment system
bundles
What does "Pay for performance" mean - answer Clinics that dont meet certain
quality standards will have their payments cut
Which of the following are dialysis clinics required to work with - answer ESRDS
networks
Which of the following is a responsibility of the ERDS networks? - answer 1. Collect
and report data about dialysis
2. Handle Patient grievances
3. Help clinics deal with conflict
4. Promote rehabilitation
What are clinical practice guidelines - answer Efforts to improve patient outcomes by
finding best practices
Which of these is a step of the CQI process - answer Implement the PDCA cycle
Which of the following actions shows that you are behaving as a professional - answer
Getting to work on time
Which of the following is an example of a boundary that should be kept between you
and your patients - answer You should not invite patients to your home
How do you become certified dialysis technician - answer Take a test given by an
approved program
What is a nephron made up of - answer A glomerulus and a tubule
What is the most common cause of kidney failure for US Adults - answer Diabetes
Which of these is a problem of kidney failure caused by build-up of wastes in the blood -
answer uremia
What causes secondary hyperparathyroidism in people with kidney failure - answer
The kidneys no longer make active Vitamin D
, Which of these substances are electrolytes - answer Calcium and Sodium
Which word means too much potassium - answer Hyhperkalemia
What is the patients dry weight - answer The weight after a treatment when all or
most excess water is gone
What should you do if a patient asks you a question you dont know the answer to -
answer Refer patient to a member of the care team that can answer the question.
The dialysis team member with special training in helping people cope with the changes
caused by kidney disease is the - answer social worker
What is a solution made up of - answer Solvent and solute
A semipermeable membrane is a filter that - answer Allows only certain sized
particles pass through
What happens in diffusion - answer Solutes move through a membrane from an area
of higher concentration to a lower one
Which of these would lead to fastest diffusion - answer Small particles, warm
solution, large pores
Which of these best describe osmosis - answer Water moves through a membrane
from a lower solute concentration a higher one
What role does ultrafiltration play in dialysis - answer removes water from the
patients blood
Which of these is the intravascular fluid compartment - answer Blood inside the
blood vessels
During dialysis, levels of waste in the blood can be expected to - answer decrease
What type of pressure is applied when the blood pump pulls blood through a needle -
answer Negative pressure
What is a gradient - answer A difference
Why are synthetic dialysis membranes more biocampatible - answer They adsorb
more proteins from the blood
Which of these is a way to remove solutes - answer convection
