NNCC CCHT Certification Exam with
correct answers
AAMI standard for conventional dialysis requires the total microbial count to be less than - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔200 CFU/mL
abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause cardiac arrhythmias and even death - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Potassium
Acceptable interdialytic weight gains are - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔3-5% of TW
The AAMI standard for endotoxin levels in conventional daily's are is - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Less than 2 EU/mL
albumin is an important test that tells about the patient------------status - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔nutritional
All of the follow are phosphate binders EXCEPT - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Vitamin B12
numbness and tingling - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Not a sign or symptom of an infected
access
Asepsis - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Absence of disease producing organisms
AAMI chemical analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Annually
,A 58- year old patient who is blind comes to treatment accompanied by his wife. What approach
should the dialysis tech use when interacting with the patient? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Describe the activities in the immediate environment
A dialysis technician observed a drop of blood on the surface of a patient's machine. What action
should the tech take? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Clean the machine surface immediately
About one ounce (30 ml) fluid is on the floor - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A dialysis
technician observes all of the below on the treatment floor, which one poses an environment risk?
A females dialysis technician has been caring for a male patient for several months. The patient tells
the dialysis tech that he is lonely and depressed. He asks the tech to go out to dinner with him. In
addition to politely declining the patients invitation, what action should the dialysis technician take?
- ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Refer the patient to the social worker
A fistula connects - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔an artery to a vein
A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a dialyzer is - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Vitamin B12
A mixed bed DI tank contains - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔cations and anions
Nephron is made up of - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A glomerulus and a tubule system
A patient complains of pain at venous needle site. The dialysis technician observes there is swelling
distal to the venous needle site and that the venous pressure is rising. The tech should suspect - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔An infiltration
A patient who is to receive their first dialysis treatment is prone to - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
, a patient tells the technician that the dietitian reviewed high-potassium foods with her. during the
conversation she states she routinely eats the following food. which one is highest in potassium? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔bananas
slow pulse of 54 beats/minute would indicate the patient has: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔bradycardia
A reason why a dialysis technician is to be certified is: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔It's a
CMS requirement
A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during hemodialysis is indicative of - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔clotting in the extracorporeal circuit
A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to Mr. Smith. You would - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔never document something that someone else did
A true aneurysm can be dangerous because it - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔may rupture and
cause the patient to bleed profusely
A patient's laboratory results indicate that the predialysis BUN level was lower than the post dialysis
BUN level. When interpreting these findings the technician should seek the answer to which of
these questions. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Was the post dialysis sample drawn correctly
a rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient has: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔tachycardia
A patient's target weight is 154.0 lb (70 kg) and the patient's pre treatment weight is 158.4 lb (72 kg).
For a four-hour treatment, how many mL/hour must the patient lose to reach dry weight? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔500
AAMI standard for conventional dialysate requires the total microbial count be less than - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔100 CFU/mL
correct answers
AAMI standard for conventional dialysis requires the total microbial count to be less than - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔200 CFU/mL
abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause cardiac arrhythmias and even death - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Potassium
Acceptable interdialytic weight gains are - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔3-5% of TW
The AAMI standard for endotoxin levels in conventional daily's are is - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Less than 2 EU/mL
albumin is an important test that tells about the patient------------status - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔nutritional
All of the follow are phosphate binders EXCEPT - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Vitamin B12
numbness and tingling - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Not a sign or symptom of an infected
access
Asepsis - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Absence of disease producing organisms
AAMI chemical analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Annually
,A 58- year old patient who is blind comes to treatment accompanied by his wife. What approach
should the dialysis tech use when interacting with the patient? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Describe the activities in the immediate environment
A dialysis technician observed a drop of blood on the surface of a patient's machine. What action
should the tech take? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Clean the machine surface immediately
About one ounce (30 ml) fluid is on the floor - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A dialysis
technician observes all of the below on the treatment floor, which one poses an environment risk?
A females dialysis technician has been caring for a male patient for several months. The patient tells
the dialysis tech that he is lonely and depressed. He asks the tech to go out to dinner with him. In
addition to politely declining the patients invitation, what action should the dialysis technician take?
- ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Refer the patient to the social worker
A fistula connects - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔an artery to a vein
A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a dialyzer is - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Vitamin B12
A mixed bed DI tank contains - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔cations and anions
Nephron is made up of - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A glomerulus and a tubule system
A patient complains of pain at venous needle site. The dialysis technician observes there is swelling
distal to the venous needle site and that the venous pressure is rising. The tech should suspect - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔An infiltration
A patient who is to receive their first dialysis treatment is prone to - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
, a patient tells the technician that the dietitian reviewed high-potassium foods with her. during the
conversation she states she routinely eats the following food. which one is highest in potassium? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔bananas
slow pulse of 54 beats/minute would indicate the patient has: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔bradycardia
A reason why a dialysis technician is to be certified is: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔It's a
CMS requirement
A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux dialyzer during hemodialysis is indicative of - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔clotting in the extracorporeal circuit
A teammate asks you to document the normal saline he just gave to Mr. Smith. You would - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔never document something that someone else did
A true aneurysm can be dangerous because it - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔may rupture and
cause the patient to bleed profusely
A patient's laboratory results indicate that the predialysis BUN level was lower than the post dialysis
BUN level. When interpreting these findings the technician should seek the answer to which of
these questions. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Was the post dialysis sample drawn correctly
a rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient has: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔tachycardia
A patient's target weight is 154.0 lb (70 kg) and the patient's pre treatment weight is 158.4 lb (72 kg).
For a four-hour treatment, how many mL/hour must the patient lose to reach dry weight? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔500
AAMI standard for conventional dialysate requires the total microbial count be less than - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔100 CFU/mL
