DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN CORE MAIN EXAMS ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is quality incentive program? - ✔✔bsic clinic paymentson standard measrues
of qulaity care.
✔✔CQI is? and cqi projects can be? - ✔✔continuous quality improvement: clinical,
technical, organizational, process
✔✔What are the fours steps in identifying improvement needs? - ✔✔collect data,
analyze the data, identify the problem/need for improvement, prioritize next steps.
✔✔CHT,,, req? - ✔✔certified hemodialysis technician : written exam and one year of
exp or a bonent approved dialysis technician training program within the past two years.
✔✔renal vein and artery are what color? - ✔✔vein is blue and artery is red
✔✔largest artery in the body - ✔✔aorta
✔✔How does the kidneys maintain homeostasis - ✔✔remove water and wastes, keep
salt and other electrolytes in balance, control blood pressure, make hormones, maintain
acid base balance
, ✔✔The kidneys have what kind of function? - ✔✔endocrine function: act ss glands and
secrete two hormones and an enzyme into the blood
✔✔what does erythropoietin do? - ✔✔tell the bone marrow to make red blood cells
✔✔what does calcitriol do? - ✔✔active vit D: lets the gut absorb calcium from food
✔✔renin is? - ✔✔an enzyme (protein that causes an effect) helps control blood
pressure
✔✔How do kidneys help control blood pressure? - ✔✔1 Kidneys retain or release water
on a moment to moment basis. and 2 kidneys secrete the enzyme renin.
✔✔what is the perfect ph balance? - ✔✔7
✔✔What are types of kidney failure? - ✔✔acute, chronic(stage 4), stage 5 is kidney
failure
✔✔how can people with ckd stage 4 slow the loss of kidney function? - ✔✔keep their
blood surgar in the target range, keep their blood pressure in the target range, avoiid
pain pills , and quit smoking, and have dr. do imaging tests
✔✔what are causes of kidney failure? - ✔✔diabetes 1 and 2, high blood pressure,
glomerular diseases
✔✔what is a polycystic kidney disease (PKD)? - ✔✔genetic disease that causes fluid
filled cysts that can grow in the kidneys. must be removed.
✔✔other less common causes of kidney failure are: - ✔✔birth defecs, frequent or large
kidney stones, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), dru abuse, kidney infections,
cancer, KIV?AIDS, sickle cell disease, unknown.....
✔✔Hypernatremia - ✔✔high sodium
✔✔Hyponatremia - ✔✔low sodium in the blood
✔✔Hyperkalemia - ✔✔excessive potassium in the blood
✔✔Hypokalemia - ✔✔deficient potassium in the blood
✔✔Hyperphosphatemia - ✔✔excessive phosphate in the blood
✔✔Hypophosphatemia - ✔✔below-normal serum concentration of inorganic
phosphorus
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is quality incentive program? - ✔✔bsic clinic paymentson standard measrues
of qulaity care.
✔✔CQI is? and cqi projects can be? - ✔✔continuous quality improvement: clinical,
technical, organizational, process
✔✔What are the fours steps in identifying improvement needs? - ✔✔collect data,
analyze the data, identify the problem/need for improvement, prioritize next steps.
✔✔CHT,,, req? - ✔✔certified hemodialysis technician : written exam and one year of
exp or a bonent approved dialysis technician training program within the past two years.
✔✔renal vein and artery are what color? - ✔✔vein is blue and artery is red
✔✔largest artery in the body - ✔✔aorta
✔✔How does the kidneys maintain homeostasis - ✔✔remove water and wastes, keep
salt and other electrolytes in balance, control blood pressure, make hormones, maintain
acid base balance
, ✔✔The kidneys have what kind of function? - ✔✔endocrine function: act ss glands and
secrete two hormones and an enzyme into the blood
✔✔what does erythropoietin do? - ✔✔tell the bone marrow to make red blood cells
✔✔what does calcitriol do? - ✔✔active vit D: lets the gut absorb calcium from food
✔✔renin is? - ✔✔an enzyme (protein that causes an effect) helps control blood
pressure
✔✔How do kidneys help control blood pressure? - ✔✔1 Kidneys retain or release water
on a moment to moment basis. and 2 kidneys secrete the enzyme renin.
✔✔what is the perfect ph balance? - ✔✔7
✔✔What are types of kidney failure? - ✔✔acute, chronic(stage 4), stage 5 is kidney
failure
✔✔how can people with ckd stage 4 slow the loss of kidney function? - ✔✔keep their
blood surgar in the target range, keep their blood pressure in the target range, avoiid
pain pills , and quit smoking, and have dr. do imaging tests
✔✔what are causes of kidney failure? - ✔✔diabetes 1 and 2, high blood pressure,
glomerular diseases
✔✔what is a polycystic kidney disease (PKD)? - ✔✔genetic disease that causes fluid
filled cysts that can grow in the kidneys. must be removed.
✔✔other less common causes of kidney failure are: - ✔✔birth defecs, frequent or large
kidney stones, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), dru abuse, kidney infections,
cancer, KIV?AIDS, sickle cell disease, unknown.....
✔✔Hypernatremia - ✔✔high sodium
✔✔Hyponatremia - ✔✔low sodium in the blood
✔✔Hyperkalemia - ✔✔excessive potassium in the blood
✔✔Hypokalemia - ✔✔deficient potassium in the blood
✔✔Hyperphosphatemia - ✔✔excessive phosphate in the blood
✔✔Hypophosphatemia - ✔✔below-normal serum concentration of inorganic
phosphorus
