Dialysis Technician Exam Study Guide Final Questions and Answers

Dialysis Technician Exam Study Guide
Final Questions and Answers

Aedialysateethatecontainsetooemuchepotassiumecausesehyperkalemia.eWhateareetheesignsea
ndesymptoms?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-
Muscleeweakness,eCardiaceArrhythmia,eCardiaceArrest

Aenephroneisemadeeupeof:e-eCORRECTeANSWER-Glomerulus,eTubule

Aepatientewhoeisefluideoverloadedewilleprobablyehaveewhichesymptoms?e-
eCORRECTeANSWER-Tachycardia,eHypertension,eDyspnea




Aesemipermeableeiseaefilterethat:e-eCORRECTeANSWER-
Allowseonlyecertainesizedeparticlesetoecross

AccordingetoeAAMIestandards,etheetotaleendotoxinecounteofedialysateeshallenoteexceedewha
te?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-2eEU/ml

AccordingetoeAAMIestandards,etheetotalemicrobialecounteofedialysateeshallenoteexceed...e-
eCORRECTeANSWER-200eCFU/mL




AccordingetoeAAMIestandards,ewheneshouldebacteriologicetestingeforewatereandedialysateet
akeeplace?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-Monthly

AneAVeFistulaecaneroutinelyebeeusedeforecannulationewithinehowemanyeweekseofebeingecrea
ted?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-2eWeeks

Blendingevalveekeepsewatereatewhatetemperature?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-77eDegrees

Contaminationeofewaterebyebacteriaeendotoxinsemayecauseewhatereaction?e-
eCORRECTeANSWER-Pyrogenic




Diffusioneisemovementeofeparticlese.....e-eCORRECTeANSWER-
Fromeaneareaeofehighereconcentrationetoeaneareaeofelowereconcentration

Duringedialysis,elevelseofewasteeinetheebloodeshould:e-eCORRECTeANSWER-Decrease

Duringedialysis,eultrfiltrationeoccursewhen:e-eCORRECTeANSWER-
Watereiseremovedefromebloodebecauseethereeiseaepressureegradienteacrosseaemembrane

, Higherebicarbonateeconcentrationeinedialysateeareeneededewheneplasmaebicarbonateelevel
sedropebelow:e-eCORRECTeANSWER-22emEq/L

HoweareeclinicsepaidebyeMedicareeforedialysis?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-CompositeeRate

Howecaneyouepreventeaepatientefromehavingeaedialyzerereaction?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-
Useecelluloseeacetateedialyzeremembrane

Howefareshouldeneedleeinsertionebeedoneefrometheeanastomosiseineaefistulaeoregraft?e-
eCORRECTeANSWER-Oneeinch




Howefrequentlyeshouldetheecarbonetanksebeecheckedeforechlorineeandechloramines?e-
eCORRECTeANSWER-Eacheshift




HowelongecaneHepatitiseBeVirusesurviveeonesurfaces?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-OneeWeek

Howemuchebloodeiseoutsideetheepatientsebodyeateanyetimeeduringedialysis?e-
eCORRECTeANSWER-150-250eml




Howemucheironeiseinetheebody?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-TransferrineSaturatione(TSAT)

HoweofteneshouldetheeROeoperatingeparametersebeechecked?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-
Daily

Ifeaneaireembolismeoccurs,ehoweshouldeaepatientebeeplaced?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-
Trendelenbergeonetheelefteside

Ifetheedialysateeconductivityemoveseoutsideetheepre-
setelimits,ewhatewilleoccurewithinetheedialysateedeliveryesystem?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-
Dialysateewillebypassetoedrain.eAudioeandevisualealarms

Muscleecrampseareeprimarilyecausedebyetheeshiftingeofewhateioneduringetreatment?e-
eCORRECTeANSWER-Sodium




Namee2ecompartmenteofetheedialyzer.e-eCORRECTeANSWER-Blood
Dialysate

Negativeepressureeisepressureecreatedewhen...e-eCORRECTeANSWER-
Fluideisepulledethrougheaerestriction

Severeechestepaineandedyspneaeareesymptomseofewhat?e-eCORRECTeANSWER-
AireEmbolism

Shrivelingeoferedebloodecellseandemayebeecausedebyehypertonice-eCORRECTeANSWER-
Crenation