CCHT Test 2 with accurate detailed solutions

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If a dialysis patient is very large in both stature and weight, which of the following is most
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likely to improve the effectiveness of hemodialysis? - ✔✔Increase dialyzer size
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The duties that the technician is allowed to carry out depend primarily on the... - ✔✔State
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regulations/standards of practice || ||




If a dialysis center carries out dialyzer reprocessing and uses peracetic acid as the
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permicide, the contact timeneeded is... - ✔✔11 hours || || || || || || ||




If a dialysis center uses electronic charting, the technician may share his/her password
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with... - ✔✔No one || || ||




When creating a buttonhole tract, how many consecutive cannulations are usually required
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before the tract is adequately formed? - ✔✔8 to 10
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If a patient complains of persistent itching, which of the following nonprescription methods
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may help relieve symptoms? - ✔✔Take oatmeal baths
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When testing water for the level of chloramine, the technician finds that the total chlorine
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level is 1.1 parts per million (ppm) and the free chlorine is 0.9 ppm. Therefore, the
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chloramine level is... - ✔✔0.2 ppm || || || || ||




Patients receiving hemodialysis should be advised to avoid salt substitutes because the
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substitutes often... - ✔✔Contain potassium || || || ||

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Patients with uremia develop foamy or bubbly urine because... - ✔✔Protein leaks into the
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urine



Which of the following is a function of the End-Stage Renal Disease Networks? - ✔✔Help
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resolve patient-staff conflicts
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When using a slide board to transfer a patient from the dialysis chair to a wheelchair, at
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what angle should the slide board be placed between the two sitting surfaces? - ✔✔45
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degrees



When the technician is teaching a patient to self-cannulate using the tandem-hand
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technique, the... - ✔✔Patient places the thumb and finger behind the technician's thumb
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and finger
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A patient has a right internal jugular central venous catheter for hemodialysis, but a
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pressure alarm sounds during treatment indicating that the blood flow rate is lower than
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prescribed. On checking, the technician finds that the lines appear clear and there are no
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signs of kinking, bleeding, or air entering the system. The next intervention should be to... -
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✔✔Lower the patient's head and ask the patient to cough
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The PDCA cycle used for continuous quality improvement refers to... - ✔✔Plan-do-check-
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act



Substances that form ions (charged particles) are... - ✔✔Electrolytes
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Which members of the dialysis center team are responsible for carrying out the quality
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assessment and performance improvement program at a dialysis center? - ✔✔All staff
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A new female patient is admitted to the dialysis center in the company of a male who
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appears to be her spouse. If the patient's chart lists her name as Mary Jo Johnson, how
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should the patient be addressed? - ✔✔Ask the patient
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Infections in buttonhole tracts are almost always caused by... - ✔✔Improper scab removal
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What percentage of the water that is filtered out of the blood by the glomeruli is excreted as
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urine? - ✔✔1% || ||




Which of the following hormones directs the bone marrow to produce more red blood cells?
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- ✔✔Erythropoietin
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To reinforce teaching, the technician should remind patients with kidney failure that they
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should avoid... - ✔✔Smoking || || ||




Which of the following is a genetic (inherited) disease that can lead to kidney failure? -
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✔✔Polycystic kidney disease || ||




With uremia, as waste products build up in the blood, this can result in... - ✔✔Ammonia
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breath



The aluminum level in dialysis water should be... - ✔✔Less than or equal to 0.01 mg/L
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Normal saline has a sodium chloride concentration of... - ✔✔0.9%
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As part of anemia management for patients receiving hemodialysis, the technician should...
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- ✔✔Rinse back as much blood as possible
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