I will be taking the biomedical nephrology technology certification exam. Any recommendations? I would like to get my hands on a pdf practice test. What book(s) do you recommend. Any advise?

Who is this test for?

I found this in another thread a few days ago.

http://www.ptcny.com/clients/NNCO/

I think they have practice tests.

To 2pic:It's for me, Dialysis biomed technician.
To Biomed Boy: Thanks, I will look into it.
To everyone: Anymore tips?

OK, it's for you.?.? What company do you work for, is it a required test for employment? JUST WONDERING.

I took the test several years ago. I used a book by Amgen. I think it was called Core Curriculum for the Dialysis Technician. I could be wrong on the name, but I know it was by Amgen.

2pic: I work for RCG and they are requiring me to take the test. Texas is requiring biomed technicians to be certified by next year. With the appropiate certification. They won't count my BONANT PCT certification anymore

I work for a fairly large group of dialysis clinics in central Texas, this is the first I have heard of the state requiring any type of certification. I keep wondering when I see the term Biomed. Does everyone using that term for themselves have a degree in Biomedical Equipment Technology or are they someone who has morphed into a mechanical, water tech. Also is this certification as a BMET or as a Patient Care Technician(PCT)? I had heard that one of our Mech Tech was concerned because she had heard that they were going to require BMET degrees for the Mech Techs. Something the state is going to require or the company I am not sure. Of course when I hear the word heard I think of horses.

If you verify the rumor, pass it along. I never herd or heard of a state requiring BMET degrees, even from general hospital biomeds.

It sounds to me like they'd have to seriously increase the pay grade of many out there who have been demonstrating the skills for years.

If someone understand the electronics, mechanics, and hydraulics of a dialysis machine and basic anatomy and physiology, they can transfer those skills to general biomed where dialysis is considered a specialty skill.($$$)

shhhhh!

When I worked Biomed in the hospitals Dialysis was looked at like a Red Headed Step Child. One of the fellow Biomed's Had a sign "Biomed's don't let other Biomed's do Dialysis. I have the degree and a fair understanding of the equipment, I wish I had the pay of a Biomed specialty.

I must be more blessed than I thought. That's nothing new. Everywhere I've been, the other biomeds dreaded/hated/feared dialysis, so the one who knows it and loves it is rare. Supply and demand sometimes works out for the little guys. Timing, too.

If your $ isn't matching realistic expectations, see what the same skills are getting paid in another market (hospitals with medium-sized clinics).

Ok, I will be taking the biomedical nephrology technology certification exam. Any last minute tips? Has anyone taken this exam? It's through NNCO. I really didn't find any study guide that was specific to this certifiction. I found study guides for the BONANT. Any help is welcomed.

Be sure and study the clinical side of dialysis.

help: took the test last year, things to study.
everything about reuse, the core curriculum for dialysis technician, water standards, and basic electronics.
make sure to take a basic calculator with you. Good Luck.

Thanks GLRNTech!!!