CCHT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
nephron - Answer: the function unit of the kidney, or the structure in the kidney that does the work,
is the
diabetes - Answer: the leading cause of chronic kidney disease for adults in the united states:
a glomerulus and a tubule system - Answer: a nephron is made up
elevated hematocrit - Answer: which of the following is not a symptom of uremia
5,540ml - Answer: Mrs. smith's dry weight is 62 kg. her pretreatment weight when she came in for
treatment on monday was 67kg. the priming saline amount is 240ml, fluid from medication is 100 ml
, and she is not allowed any fluids during treatment. what is the total amount of fluid weight to be
removed during her treatment?
1,385 ml/hr - Answer: based on Mrs. smith's total amount of fluids to be removed, what is the
ultrafiltration rate per hour (ml/hr)for her 4-hour treatment?
removing too much fluids - Answer: which of the following is a cause of hypotension during and
after dialysis treatments?
154 - Answer: the scale says a patient weights 70 kg. this the same as weighting how many points
(lb)?
7.35-7.45 - Answer: normal body ph is
hypertension - Answer: one sigh and symptoms of fluids overload is
potassium - Answer: abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause cardiac arrhythmias and even
death
, osmosis - Answer: water moves across a membrane from an area of lower solute concentration to
an area of higher solute concentration by which principle
diffusion - Answer: waste products are removed during dialysis by which principle
ultrafiltration - Answer: excess fluid is forced out of the blood and into the dialysis by which
principle
osmosis - Answer: the movement of the fluid from the tissue toward a higher concentration of
sodium in the blood is a example of
diffusion - Answer: decreasing the patient's prescribed blood flow affects the rate of
using a bath that will provide a grater concentration gradient - Answer: which of the following
actions would increase diffusion during dialysis?
urea - Answer: which of the following diffusion diffuses from the patients blood during dialysis?
transmembrane pressure - Answer: ultrafiltration is influenced by
peritonitis - Answer: the most common complication in peritoneal dialysis is
hyperglycemia - Answer: the dextrose used in the dialysate for peritoneal dialysis can cause
immunosuppressive medication - Answer: if a patient develops an infection post transplant, the
largest contributing factor would most likely be:
infection - Answer: the most frequent cause of death in the first year post transplant is
performance of the dialyzer - Answer: total cell volume (TCV) is a indirect measure of the
80% - Answer: the TCV should be no less than
AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
nephron - Answer: the function unit of the kidney, or the structure in the kidney that does the work,
is the
diabetes - Answer: the leading cause of chronic kidney disease for adults in the united states:
a glomerulus and a tubule system - Answer: a nephron is made up
elevated hematocrit - Answer: which of the following is not a symptom of uremia
5,540ml - Answer: Mrs. smith's dry weight is 62 kg. her pretreatment weight when she came in for
treatment on monday was 67kg. the priming saline amount is 240ml, fluid from medication is 100 ml
, and she is not allowed any fluids during treatment. what is the total amount of fluid weight to be
removed during her treatment?
1,385 ml/hr - Answer: based on Mrs. smith's total amount of fluids to be removed, what is the
ultrafiltration rate per hour (ml/hr)for her 4-hour treatment?
removing too much fluids - Answer: which of the following is a cause of hypotension during and
after dialysis treatments?
154 - Answer: the scale says a patient weights 70 kg. this the same as weighting how many points
(lb)?
7.35-7.45 - Answer: normal body ph is
hypertension - Answer: one sigh and symptoms of fluids overload is
potassium - Answer: abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause cardiac arrhythmias and even
death
, osmosis - Answer: water moves across a membrane from an area of lower solute concentration to
an area of higher solute concentration by which principle
diffusion - Answer: waste products are removed during dialysis by which principle
ultrafiltration - Answer: excess fluid is forced out of the blood and into the dialysis by which
principle
osmosis - Answer: the movement of the fluid from the tissue toward a higher concentration of
sodium in the blood is a example of
diffusion - Answer: decreasing the patient's prescribed blood flow affects the rate of
using a bath that will provide a grater concentration gradient - Answer: which of the following
actions would increase diffusion during dialysis?
urea - Answer: which of the following diffusion diffuses from the patients blood during dialysis?
transmembrane pressure - Answer: ultrafiltration is influenced by
peritonitis - Answer: the most common complication in peritoneal dialysis is
hyperglycemia - Answer: the dextrose used in the dialysate for peritoneal dialysis can cause
immunosuppressive medication - Answer: if a patient develops an infection post transplant, the
largest contributing factor would most likely be:
infection - Answer: the most frequent cause of death in the first year post transplant is
performance of the dialyzer - Answer: total cell volume (TCV) is a indirect measure of the
80% - Answer: the TCV should be no less than
