FRESENIUS TRAINING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A)
What are the two main types of dialysis?? - Correct Answers -hemodialysis and
peritoneal dialysis
How are dialysis clinics paid by medicare for dialysis treatment? - Correct Answers -
prospective payment system bundles
What does "PAY FOR PERFORMANCE" mean? - Correct Answers -clinics that don't
meet certain quality standards will have their payments cut
Which of the following are dialysis clinics required to work with? - Correct Answers -
ESRD networks
Which of the following is a responsibility of the ESRD networks? - Correct Answers -
collect and report data about dialysis, handle patient grievances, help clinics deal
w/conflict, promote rehabilitation (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
What are clinical practice guidelines? - Correct Answers -efforts to improve patient
outcomes by finding best practices
Which of these is a step of the CQI process? - Correct Answers -implement the PDCA
cycle
Which of the following actions shows that you are behaving as a professional? - Correct
Answers -getting to work on time
Which of the following is an example of a boundary that should be kept between you
and your patients? - Correct Answers -you should not invite patients to your home
How do you become a certified dialysis technician? - Correct Answers -take a test given
by an approved program
What is a nephron made up of? - Correct Answers -a glomerulus and a tubule
, What is the most common cause of kidney failure for US adults? - Correct Answers -
diabetes
What causes secondary hyperparathyroidism in people w/kidney failure? - Correct
Answers -The kidneys no longer make active vitamin d
Which of the substances are electrolytes? - Correct Answers -calcium and sodium
Which word means too much potassium? - Correct Answers -hyperkalemia
What is the patients dry weight? - Correct Answers -the weight after a treatment when
all (or most) excess water is gone
Your patient Mrs.M asks to stop her treatment 20 minutes early. What do you say? -
Correct Answers -you need every minute of treatment you can get, to avoid
complications
The dialysis team member with special training in helping people cope with the changes
caused by kidney disease is the: - Correct Answers -social worker
What is a solution made up of? - Correct Answers -a solvent and a solute
A semipermeable membrane is a filter that? - Correct Answers -allows only certain
sized particles pass through
What happens in diffusion? - Correct Answers -solutes move through a membrane from
an area of higher concentration to a lower one
Which of these would lead to the fastest diffusion? - Correct Answers -small particles,
warm solution, large pores
Which of these best describe osmosis? - Correct Answers -water moves through a
membrane from a lower solute concentration a higher one
What role does ultrafiltration play in dialysis? - Correct Answers -removes water from
the patients blood
Which of these is the intravascular fluid compartment? - Correct Answers -blood inside
the blood vessels
During dialysis levels of waste in the blood can be expected to? - Correct Answers -
decrease
What type of pressure is applied when the blood pump pulls blood through a needle? -
Correct Answers -negative pressure
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A)
What are the two main types of dialysis?? - Correct Answers -hemodialysis and
peritoneal dialysis
How are dialysis clinics paid by medicare for dialysis treatment? - Correct Answers -
prospective payment system bundles
What does "PAY FOR PERFORMANCE" mean? - Correct Answers -clinics that don't
meet certain quality standards will have their payments cut
Which of the following are dialysis clinics required to work with? - Correct Answers -
ESRD networks
Which of the following is a responsibility of the ESRD networks? - Correct Answers -
collect and report data about dialysis, handle patient grievances, help clinics deal
w/conflict, promote rehabilitation (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
What are clinical practice guidelines? - Correct Answers -efforts to improve patient
outcomes by finding best practices
Which of these is a step of the CQI process? - Correct Answers -implement the PDCA
cycle
Which of the following actions shows that you are behaving as a professional? - Correct
Answers -getting to work on time
Which of the following is an example of a boundary that should be kept between you
and your patients? - Correct Answers -you should not invite patients to your home
How do you become a certified dialysis technician? - Correct Answers -take a test given
by an approved program
What is a nephron made up of? - Correct Answers -a glomerulus and a tubule
, What is the most common cause of kidney failure for US adults? - Correct Answers -
diabetes
What causes secondary hyperparathyroidism in people w/kidney failure? - Correct
Answers -The kidneys no longer make active vitamin d
Which of the substances are electrolytes? - Correct Answers -calcium and sodium
Which word means too much potassium? - Correct Answers -hyperkalemia
What is the patients dry weight? - Correct Answers -the weight after a treatment when
all (or most) excess water is gone
Your patient Mrs.M asks to stop her treatment 20 minutes early. What do you say? -
Correct Answers -you need every minute of treatment you can get, to avoid
complications
The dialysis team member with special training in helping people cope with the changes
caused by kidney disease is the: - Correct Answers -social worker
What is a solution made up of? - Correct Answers -a solvent and a solute
A semipermeable membrane is a filter that? - Correct Answers -allows only certain
sized particles pass through
What happens in diffusion? - Correct Answers -solutes move through a membrane from
an area of higher concentration to a lower one
Which of these would lead to the fastest diffusion? - Correct Answers -small particles,
warm solution, large pores
Which of these best describe osmosis? - Correct Answers -water moves through a
membrane from a lower solute concentration a higher one
What role does ultrafiltration play in dialysis? - Correct Answers -removes water from
the patients blood
Which of these is the intravascular fluid compartment? - Correct Answers -blood inside
the blood vessels
During dialysis levels of waste in the blood can be expected to? - Correct Answers -
decrease
What type of pressure is applied when the blood pump pulls blood through a needle? -
Correct Answers -negative pressure
