Dialysis Technician Exam Study
Guide
What foods are high in phosphorus - Answer Dairy, Meats, Nuts,
Peanuts, Dried Beans & Peas, Whole Grains, Chocolate, Colas
What foods are high in potassium - Answer Avocados, Mangos,
Bananas, Orange Juice, Dried Fruit, Cantaloupe, Dried Peas,
Beans, Tomato Sauce, & Potatoes
What are the two hemodialysis delivery systems? - Answer
Extracorpeal (blood) & Dialysate
,During dialysis, ultrfiltration occurs when: - Answer Water is
removed from blood because there is a pressure gradient across a
membrane
What are the hemodialysis treatment options? - Answer In-
Center, Nocturnal, Short Daily
What development in dialysis came first? - Answer Dr. Kolff's
rotating drum
What is the definition for dry-weight? - Answer post-dialysis
weight at which all or most excess fluid has been removed
How are clinics paid by Medicare for dialysis? - Answer
Composite Rate
T or F: Double acid hook-ups for a dialysis treatment is potentially
lethal. - Answer True
T or F: Steal Syndrome may occur with AV fistulas or AV Grafts. -
Answer True
What is low potassium? - Answer Hypokalemia
Which ion doesn't dialyze easy? - Answer Protein, Phosphorous
, Higher bicarbonate concentration in dialysate are needed when
plasma bicarbonate levels drop below: - Answer 22 mEq/L
Where is the heparin pump infusion line located? - Answer On
the arterial tubing before the dialyzer
Muscle cramps are primarily caused by the shifting of what ion
during treatment? - Answer Sodium
What is the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability? -
Answer A law that created national rules about the security and
privacy of health data
What does intravascular mean? - Answer Inside the blood vessels
During dialysis, levels of waste in the blood should: - Answer
Decrease
What is one way to remove solutes? - Answer Convection
What is not a dialyzer characteristic? - Answer Capacity
A nephron is made up of: - Answer Glomerulus, Tubule
What isa solution a mixture of? - Answer A Solvent and a Solute
Guide
What foods are high in phosphorus - Answer Dairy, Meats, Nuts,
Peanuts, Dried Beans & Peas, Whole Grains, Chocolate, Colas
What foods are high in potassium - Answer Avocados, Mangos,
Bananas, Orange Juice, Dried Fruit, Cantaloupe, Dried Peas,
Beans, Tomato Sauce, & Potatoes
What are the two hemodialysis delivery systems? - Answer
Extracorpeal (blood) & Dialysate
,During dialysis, ultrfiltration occurs when: - Answer Water is
removed from blood because there is a pressure gradient across a
membrane
What are the hemodialysis treatment options? - Answer In-
Center, Nocturnal, Short Daily
What development in dialysis came first? - Answer Dr. Kolff's
rotating drum
What is the definition for dry-weight? - Answer post-dialysis
weight at which all or most excess fluid has been removed
How are clinics paid by Medicare for dialysis? - Answer
Composite Rate
T or F: Double acid hook-ups for a dialysis treatment is potentially
lethal. - Answer True
T or F: Steal Syndrome may occur with AV fistulas or AV Grafts. -
Answer True
What is low potassium? - Answer Hypokalemia
Which ion doesn't dialyze easy? - Answer Protein, Phosphorous
, Higher bicarbonate concentration in dialysate are needed when
plasma bicarbonate levels drop below: - Answer 22 mEq/L
Where is the heparin pump infusion line located? - Answer On
the arterial tubing before the dialyzer
Muscle cramps are primarily caused by the shifting of what ion
during treatment? - Answer Sodium
What is the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability? -
Answer A law that created national rules about the security and
privacy of health data
What does intravascular mean? - Answer Inside the blood vessels
During dialysis, levels of waste in the blood should: - Answer
Decrease
What is one way to remove solutes? - Answer Convection
What is not a dialyzer characteristic? - Answer Capacity
A nephron is made up of: - Answer Glomerulus, Tubule
What isa solution a mixture of? - Answer A Solvent and a Solute
