CCHT Practice Test with Questions and Answers 2022/2023
1. Albumin is a test about a patients status: Nutritional
2. contributes to data collection used to measure quality outcomes-
: Ensuring accurate documentation
3. What is the most accurate measurement of dialysis adequacy?: Kt/V
4. Biohazardous waste includes ...: Any material exposed to blood
5. The organization that has the goal to improve the care and outcomes of
all individuals with kidney disease: KDOQI, Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality
Initiative
6. The organization that sets the standards for dialysis water quality: AAMI,
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
7. A dialysis tech observes everything on the tx floor, what would be an
environmental risk?: About one ounce (30 ml) of fluid is on the floor
8. What is the most important activity a tech can perform to prevent the
spread of infectious disease in the dialysis unit?: Hand washing
9. Example of a food that is high in potassium: Bananas, oranges, spinach,
broccoli, potatoes, cucumbers....
10. Example of a food that is high in phosphorous: Dairy, meat, nuts, seafood,
whole grains...
11. What have low albumin levels in pts been linked to?: Higher hospitalization
and death rates
12. What is an acceptable interdialytic weight gain?: 3kg or 5% of EDW
13. The usual fluid allowance for a person with kidney failure is?: 1.0 to 1.5
liters per day
14. Symptoms of hyperkalemia include?: Muscle weakness and numbness
15. Hyperkalemia: excessive potassium in the blood
16. What is an indication that heparin dose may need to be decreased?: The
pt had surgery yesterday
17. What might be an indication a pt needs an increase in heparin dosage?-
: Clotting in the extracoporeal circuit
18. What is the usual heparin sodium concentration for anticoagulation dur-
ing tx?: 1,000u/ml
19. How is lidocaine administered?: Interdermally
20. What is a medication that doesn't dialyze easily?: Digoxin
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21. Mr Jones goes to the store to buy laxatives for constipation, what med-
ication should he avoid?: Milk of magnesia
22. A pt needs 2000 units of heparin. The vial is 1000u/ml. How many mls do
you draw?: 2ml
23. Examples of phosphate binders: Renagel, Phos-lo, and Tums
24. What med is used to treat anemia?: Epogen
25. What med is used to improve calcium absorption?: Zemplar
26. If you document incorrectly on a pts chart, how do you correct it?: Draw
a line through it, date, time, signature/credentials with the word error
27. A female dialysis technician has been caring for a male patient for several
months. The patient tells the tech that he is lonely and depressed. He asked
the technician to go out to dinner with him. In addition to politely declining
his invitation, which of these actions, if any, should the tech take?: Refer the
patient to the social worker
28. A staff member asks you to document the normal Celine he just gave to
Mr. Tom. What would you do?: Never document something that someone else
did
29. Mr. Jones demonstrates how to wash his access. This is an example of
which adult learning principle?: Psychomotor
30. What is the dialysis tech role in patient education?: Reinforce information
provided by other staff
31. Who is the most important member of the patient care team?: The patient
32. What is the most important monitor in the dialysis setting?: Staff
33. Which learning domain is behavioral-based?: Affective
34. Which learning domain is knowledge-based?: Cognitive
35. Mr. Rob verbalizes how to crank his blood pump in the event of an
emergency. This is an example of which adult principle?: Cognitive
36. A 58-year-old patient who is blind comes to treatment accompanied by
his wife. Which of these approaches should the dialysis tech use when inter-
acting with the patient?: Describe the activities in the immediate environment
37. What is the minimum amount of experience required to take the NNCC
certifying exam?: 6 months
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1. Albumin is a test about a patients status: Nutritional
2. contributes to data collection used to measure quality outcomes-
: Ensuring accurate documentation
3. What is the most accurate measurement of dialysis adequacy?: Kt/V
4. Biohazardous waste includes ...: Any material exposed to blood
5. The organization that has the goal to improve the care and outcomes of
all individuals with kidney disease: KDOQI, Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality
Initiative
6. The organization that sets the standards for dialysis water quality: AAMI,
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
7. A dialysis tech observes everything on the tx floor, what would be an
environmental risk?: About one ounce (30 ml) of fluid is on the floor
8. What is the most important activity a tech can perform to prevent the
spread of infectious disease in the dialysis unit?: Hand washing
9. Example of a food that is high in potassium: Bananas, oranges, spinach,
broccoli, potatoes, cucumbers....
10. Example of a food that is high in phosphorous: Dairy, meat, nuts, seafood,
whole grains...
11. What have low albumin levels in pts been linked to?: Higher hospitalization
and death rates
12. What is an acceptable interdialytic weight gain?: 3kg or 5% of EDW
13. The usual fluid allowance for a person with kidney failure is?: 1.0 to 1.5
liters per day
14. Symptoms of hyperkalemia include?: Muscle weakness and numbness
15. Hyperkalemia: excessive potassium in the blood
16. What is an indication that heparin dose may need to be decreased?: The
pt had surgery yesterday
17. What might be an indication a pt needs an increase in heparin dosage?-
: Clotting in the extracoporeal circuit
18. What is the usual heparin sodium concentration for anticoagulation dur-
ing tx?: 1,000u/ml
19. How is lidocaine administered?: Interdermally
20. What is a medication that doesn't dialyze easily?: Digoxin
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21. Mr Jones goes to the store to buy laxatives for constipation, what med-
ication should he avoid?: Milk of magnesia
22. A pt needs 2000 units of heparin. The vial is 1000u/ml. How many mls do
you draw?: 2ml
23. Examples of phosphate binders: Renagel, Phos-lo, and Tums
24. What med is used to treat anemia?: Epogen
25. What med is used to improve calcium absorption?: Zemplar
26. If you document incorrectly on a pts chart, how do you correct it?: Draw
a line through it, date, time, signature/credentials with the word error
27. A female dialysis technician has been caring for a male patient for several
months. The patient tells the tech that he is lonely and depressed. He asked
the technician to go out to dinner with him. In addition to politely declining
his invitation, which of these actions, if any, should the tech take?: Refer the
patient to the social worker
28. A staff member asks you to document the normal Celine he just gave to
Mr. Tom. What would you do?: Never document something that someone else
did
29. Mr. Jones demonstrates how to wash his access. This is an example of
which adult learning principle?: Psychomotor
30. What is the dialysis tech role in patient education?: Reinforce information
provided by other staff
31. Who is the most important member of the patient care team?: The patient
32. What is the most important monitor in the dialysis setting?: Staff
33. Which learning domain is behavioral-based?: Affective
34. Which learning domain is knowledge-based?: Cognitive
35. Mr. Rob verbalizes how to crank his blood pump in the event of an
emergency. This is an example of which adult principle?: Cognitive
36. A 58-year-old patient who is blind comes to treatment accompanied by
his wife. Which of these approaches should the dialysis tech use when inter-
acting with the patient?: Describe the activities in the immediate environment
37. What is the minimum amount of experience required to take the NNCC
certifying exam?: 6 months
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