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CCHT Study Questions and Answers Rated A+ What are the two main types of dialysis? ✔✔hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis How are dialysis clinics paid by Medicare for dialysis treatment? ✔�... �Prospective payment system bundles What does "Pay for Performance" mean? ✔✔Clinics that don't meet certain quality standards will have their payments cut What federal body are dialysis clinics required to work with? ✔✔Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services What are "clinical practice guidelines"? ✔✔Efforts to improve patient outcomes by finding best practices What are the steps of the CQI process? ✔✔Identify improvement needs, analyze the process, identify root causes and then implement the "plan, do, check, act cycle" What is the PDCA cycle? ✔✔Plan, Do, Check, Act What is an example of a boundary you should keep between you and your patients? ✔✔You should not invite patients to your home. How do you become a CCHT? ✔✔Take a test given by an approved program after 6 months of dialysis work What is a nephron made up of? ✔✔glomerulus and tubule What is the most common cause of renal failure in the U.S.? ✔✔Diabetes What is a problem of kidney failure caused by a build up of wastes in the blood? ✔✔Uremia What causes secondary hyperparathyroidism in people with kidney failure? ✔✔The kidneys no longer make active Vitamin D What word means too much potassium? ✔✔Hyperkalemia What is the patients dry weight? ✔✔The weight after a treatment when all or most excess water is gone Your patient Mrs. M asks to stop her treatment 20 minut [Show More]

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