CCHT Exam
CCHT Study Guide Exam Questions (323
Terms) with Expert Verified solutions
2024.
Which of the following practices helps to build a patient's immunity to hepatitis B?
- Answer: Vaccination
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A patient asks the technician, "What does uremia mean?" The technician
response should be based on the understanding that uremia is - Answer: an
increase of wasters in the blood
A central venous catheter may be used as a vascular access when a - Answer:
patient has inadequate blood vessels in the limbs
Before a dialysis treatment, the patient tells the technician, "Yesterday, I felt
terrible and vomited up some blood. I feel much better today." The technician can
expect the patient's treatment will be modified by - Answer: decreasing the
heparin dose
The technician is unsure which one of a patient's arteriovenous (AV) graft's
anastomoses is arterial and which one is venous. In order to differentiate between
the two, the technician should - Answer: compress the graft in the middle and
palpate each side
At the end of a patient's treatment, which of these findings, if observed by the
technician, should be reported to the nurse? - Answer: A pulse rate of 55bpm
(normal HR 60-100bpm)
A patient asks the dialysis technician, "Why am I getting vitamin D therapy?" What
is the accurate response? - Answer: Vitamin D is needed for healthy bones
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Why are dialysis patients more likely to become infected with germs like MRSA? -
Answer: They usually have weak immune systems
The technician prepares and cannulates an arteriovenous (AV) fistula. AV fistula is
an example of what? - Answer: a peripheral access placed in the arm
A patient says to the tech "The doctor says that I have mineral bone disorder, what
does that mean?" what should be the tech's response? - Answer: It is pretty
complicated. I'll ask the nurse to explain it to you
A tech notices a patient has a notebook where he/she records all lab results,
weights, and, meds. What should the tech conclude? - Answer: The patient is feels
empowered and is self-managing
During the last hour of a patient's dialysis treatment, their blood pressure
measures 82/40. After changing the fluid removal rate, what should the tech do? -
Answer: Place patient in Trendelenburg position
Legally, if a treatment was performed but not charted in the patient's record, it
was - Answer: not done
The most common cause of low conductivity alarm during hemodialysis - Answer:
a exhausted concentrate supply
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A patient who has diabetes mellitus should be observed for signs of low blood
sugar, which include - Answer: anxiety, confusion, hunger, sleepiness, or dizziness
How is low blood sugar treated - Answer: by giving carbohydrates
Linda Chase target weight 70kg. she weights at 72kg before treatment. How much
fluid should be removed? - Answer: 2kg
True or False
At Linda Chase target post dialysis weight of 70kg , she is most likely normotensive
- Answer: True
what is the water supply to the water system called - Answer: feed water
What is feed water? - Answer: is the water that comes from outside of the dialysis
center and must pass through water treatment system before it is used for mixing
concentrates and making dialysate
what is the primary goal of QAPI in a dialysis facility is to - Answer: achieve better
patient outcomes
After Linda Chase treatment her standing bp was 90/58. She complains if feeling
dizziness but insists she can walk to the scale. What is the first thing to do? -
Answer: instruct her to sit down
CCHT Study Guide Exam Questions (323
Terms) with Expert Verified solutions
2024.
Which of the following practices helps to build a patient's immunity to hepatitis B?
- Answer: Vaccination
, CCHT Exam
A patient asks the technician, "What does uremia mean?" The technician
response should be based on the understanding that uremia is - Answer: an
increase of wasters in the blood
A central venous catheter may be used as a vascular access when a - Answer:
patient has inadequate blood vessels in the limbs
Before a dialysis treatment, the patient tells the technician, "Yesterday, I felt
terrible and vomited up some blood. I feel much better today." The technician can
expect the patient's treatment will be modified by - Answer: decreasing the
heparin dose
The technician is unsure which one of a patient's arteriovenous (AV) graft's
anastomoses is arterial and which one is venous. In order to differentiate between
the two, the technician should - Answer: compress the graft in the middle and
palpate each side
At the end of a patient's treatment, which of these findings, if observed by the
technician, should be reported to the nurse? - Answer: A pulse rate of 55bpm
(normal HR 60-100bpm)
A patient asks the dialysis technician, "Why am I getting vitamin D therapy?" What
is the accurate response? - Answer: Vitamin D is needed for healthy bones
, CCHT Exam
Why are dialysis patients more likely to become infected with germs like MRSA? -
Answer: They usually have weak immune systems
The technician prepares and cannulates an arteriovenous (AV) fistula. AV fistula is
an example of what? - Answer: a peripheral access placed in the arm
A patient says to the tech "The doctor says that I have mineral bone disorder, what
does that mean?" what should be the tech's response? - Answer: It is pretty
complicated. I'll ask the nurse to explain it to you
A tech notices a patient has a notebook where he/she records all lab results,
weights, and, meds. What should the tech conclude? - Answer: The patient is feels
empowered and is self-managing
During the last hour of a patient's dialysis treatment, their blood pressure
measures 82/40. After changing the fluid removal rate, what should the tech do? -
Answer: Place patient in Trendelenburg position
Legally, if a treatment was performed but not charted in the patient's record, it
was - Answer: not done
The most common cause of low conductivity alarm during hemodialysis - Answer:
a exhausted concentrate supply
, CCHT Exam
A patient who has diabetes mellitus should be observed for signs of low blood
sugar, which include - Answer: anxiety, confusion, hunger, sleepiness, or dizziness
How is low blood sugar treated - Answer: by giving carbohydrates
Linda Chase target weight 70kg. she weights at 72kg before treatment. How much
fluid should be removed? - Answer: 2kg
True or False
At Linda Chase target post dialysis weight of 70kg , she is most likely normotensive
- Answer: True
what is the water supply to the water system called - Answer: feed water
What is feed water? - Answer: is the water that comes from outside of the dialysis
center and must pass through water treatment system before it is used for mixing
concentrates and making dialysate
what is the primary goal of QAPI in a dialysis facility is to - Answer: achieve better
patient outcomes
After Linda Chase treatment her standing bp was 90/58. She complains if feeling
dizziness but insists she can walk to the scale. What is the first thing to do? -
Answer: instruct her to sit down
