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CCHT DIALYSIS EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
1. Define three skills of reflective listening - correct answer -
Restating, deducing, summarizing
2. Is there a specific order to work through the five stages of grief
- correct answer - No
3. Skills to most likely change a patient's behavior - correct
answer - Support, compassion, empathy
4. The fundamentals and complex programs - correct answer - The
clinical pyramid shows that you must do what for patient to
achieve their highest quality of life
5. Denial, depression, bargaining, anger, acceptance - correct
answer - Five stages of grief
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6. Benefits of PD - correct answer - Homebase, flexible schedules,
preserved residual renal function, improved transplant
outcomes, active lifestyle, less anemia, needle free, steady
7. Benefits of home hemodialysis - correct answer - Homebase,
flexible, if your dietary restrictions, improved clinical outcomes,
may allow for easier travel, independent treatment
8. Reasonable and prudent standard of care concepts - correct
answer - Care where you give Sam Kerr under similar
circumstances. Do you the actions a reasonable and prudent
nurse what do you as well as being avoided. Follow standard
care to avoid negligence. When supervising non-licensed
people it is the RN job to make sure they are following the
standard of care
9. Beginner cannulation level - correct answer - Less than six
months of practice less than 10 successful cannulations
10. Intermediate cannulator - correct answer - Six months or
more of practice more than 10 cannulations
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11. Advanced cannulator - correct answer - Complete our
competencies on NFACT checklist, expert assessments, and
cannulation skills documented
12. Difference between aneurysm and pseudo aneurysm -
correct answer - AVF- aneurysm
AVG- Pseudo aneurysm
13. Putting all of the machines in bypass mode - correct answer
- Response to water quality alarm
14. Tactile learner - correct answer - Background music,
highlight important information, short lectures, hands on,
frequent breaks, role-playing
15. Visual learners - correct answer - Notes, quiet surroundings,
visual aids, short lectures, I contact
16. Auditory learner - correct answer - Repeat info, read notes
out loud, word associations, watch videos, discuss and explain
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17. Volume of water in patient's body - correct answer - V
18. HBV nomenclature and which test is performed monthly on
patients - correct answer - HBsAg- surface antigen. If positive
isolation and monthly test
19. left ventricular hypertrophy - correct answer - Hypertension
can lead to this
20. pH of urine - correct answer - 4.5-8
21. Normal heart rate - correct answer - 60-100 bpm
22. What is in acid concentrate - correct answer - Sodium,
calcium, dextrose, potassium, magnesium, chloride
CCHT DIALYSIS EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
1. Define three skills of reflective listening - correct answer -
Restating, deducing, summarizing
2. Is there a specific order to work through the five stages of grief
- correct answer - No
3. Skills to most likely change a patient's behavior - correct
answer - Support, compassion, empathy
4. The fundamentals and complex programs - correct answer - The
clinical pyramid shows that you must do what for patient to
achieve their highest quality of life
5. Denial, depression, bargaining, anger, acceptance - correct
answer - Five stages of grief
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6. Benefits of PD - correct answer - Homebase, flexible schedules,
preserved residual renal function, improved transplant
outcomes, active lifestyle, less anemia, needle free, steady
7. Benefits of home hemodialysis - correct answer - Homebase,
flexible, if your dietary restrictions, improved clinical outcomes,
may allow for easier travel, independent treatment
8. Reasonable and prudent standard of care concepts - correct
answer - Care where you give Sam Kerr under similar
circumstances. Do you the actions a reasonable and prudent
nurse what do you as well as being avoided. Follow standard
care to avoid negligence. When supervising non-licensed
people it is the RN job to make sure they are following the
standard of care
9. Beginner cannulation level - correct answer - Less than six
months of practice less than 10 successful cannulations
10. Intermediate cannulator - correct answer - Six months or
more of practice more than 10 cannulations
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11. Advanced cannulator - correct answer - Complete our
competencies on NFACT checklist, expert assessments, and
cannulation skills documented
12. Difference between aneurysm and pseudo aneurysm -
correct answer - AVF- aneurysm
AVG- Pseudo aneurysm
13. Putting all of the machines in bypass mode - correct answer
- Response to water quality alarm
14. Tactile learner - correct answer - Background music,
highlight important information, short lectures, hands on,
frequent breaks, role-playing
15. Visual learners - correct answer - Notes, quiet surroundings,
visual aids, short lectures, I contact
16. Auditory learner - correct answer - Repeat info, read notes
out loud, word associations, watch videos, discuss and explain
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17. Volume of water in patient's body - correct answer - V
18. HBV nomenclature and which test is performed monthly on
patients - correct answer - HBsAg- surface antigen. If positive
isolation and monthly test
19. left ventricular hypertrophy - correct answer - Hypertension
can lead to this
20. pH of urine - correct answer - 4.5-8
21. Normal heart rate - correct answer - 60-100 bpm
22. What is in acid concentrate - correct answer - Sodium,
calcium, dextrose, potassium, magnesium, chloride
