SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Patient safety and hospital efficiency and effectiveness are related to? - ANSWER consistent communication Preoperative diagnostic studies are performed by the? - ANSWER Radiologist A professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care by elevating standards of surgical education and practice is the? - ANSWER American College of Surgeons The non-profit organization that develops standards and performance criteria for health care organiations is the? - ANSWER The Joint Commission What is a proper job description? - ANSWER Provides a job title, definition, specified requirements, duties and tasks, and designation of ones immediate supervisor Which OR team member is responsible for opening sterile supplies onto the field DURING a surgical procedure? - ANSWER Circulator and ST in circulating role When was the first national certifying exam for the surgical technologist offered? - ANSWER Dec 1970 Indirect patient care is provided by which departments? - ANSWER administration, maintenance, housekeeping, food services, purchasing/central services, medical records The certification exam for surgical techs is given by what entity - ANSWER National Board of Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants The surgical technologist serving in the traditional role is called the? - ANSWER Scrub tech or STSR Accreditation is a term that applies to? - ANSWER Programs Hospital philosophy and policy are usually determined by the ? - ANSWER Board of Trustees A CRNA is part of what OR group - ANSWER non sterile anesthesia dept SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A contractual relatinship and mutual benefit that exist when one party or entity agrees to pay another for a specified loss or condition is known as? - ANSWER insurance Medicare is a program administered by the federal government through which agency - ANSWER CMS The __ is a division of the United Nations that promotes health activites worldwide? - ANSWER World Health Organization What entity accredits surgical technology programs? - ANSWER Commission Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs A general description of the abilities needed to perform a job is known as? - ANSWER competencies What term defines the relationship among coworker, surgeon, and other health care providers? - ANSWER professional What term defines the relationship among the surgical technologist, the patient, and the patient's family? - ANSWER therapeutic According to the text, what is key to teamwork among health care providers? - ANSWER communication A hospital that is owned by an individual or corporation in order to make a profit is known as which type of hospital? - ANSWER Proprietary What program allows for a surgical technologist to ascend to positions of increased responsibility - ANSWER Clinical Ladder What organization acts both as an insurer and a provider of medical services - ANSWER Health Maintenance Organization What health care organization requires a primary care physician for all referrals? - ANSWER HMO What hospital committee verifies the credentials of the physicians and specialized health care personnel - ANSWER Medical Staff Committee What department provides sterotactic services? - ANSWER Diagnostic Imaging What department identifies patient hazards and develops solutions? - ANSWER Risk Management What department provides preventive measures against infection? - ANSWER Infection control What department repairs broken equipment? - ANSWER Maintenance/Biomed What department oversees the sterilization needs of the hospital - ANSWER Purchasing/central services What department maintains and verifies all patient records - ANSWER Medical Records What department provides rehabilitation for the post-op patient? - ANSWER Physical or Occupational therapy Which entity is responsible for verifying that the school attended by the ST meets national standarts? - ANSWER ARC-ST Surgical pathology treating life or limb is defined as which type of surgery? - ANSWER Emergent Surgical pathology requiring treatment within a relatively short period of time is known as? - ANSWER Urgent A scheduled knee arthroscopy is classified as which type of surgery? - ANSWER Elective A uterine fibroid is an example of what type of factor causing surgical intervention? - ANSWER nonmalignant neoplasm What is a malignant neoplasm? - ANSWER colon cancer, giloblastoma, cancerous growth According to Maslow's hierarchy, what are the most basic needs - ANSWER Physiological, biological needs, water, o2, food, and temp. regulation All developmental theories must account for changes in what domain? - ANSWER Cognitive, social, and physical What consideration may be more relevant to the elderly patient than to an adolescent? - ANSWER pre-op planning, arthritis, decrease emotion, patient skin condition When positioning the elderly patient, the team must be especially aware of ? - ANSWER fragile skin, restricted movement, joints, arthritis What are the common physiological factors in the elderly? - ANSWER Decreased cardiac and respiratory function If adult response is the norm, pediatric patients must be observed for what response? - ANSWER Paradoxical (opposite) What is the term given to a genetic malformation known commonly as a cleft lip? - ANSWER cheiloschisis An example of a non malignant neoplasm is? - ANSWER uterine fibroid According to the text, which two broad factors apply to a patient's reaction to health, illness, and hospitilization? - ANSWER adaptation and stress Roy states that health involves becoming an integrated and __ person? - ANSWER Whole When an injury or illness takes place, certain stressers affect the patient physically and mentally. An adolescent patient is very conscious about their? - ANSWER body and privacy When an illness takes place, certain stressors affect the patient physically and mentally. Adult patients are worried about? - ANSWER death, infirmity, family, paying bills, job security When an injury or illness takes place, certain stressors affect the patient physically and mentally. Pediatric patients fear? - ANSWER anesthesia What religious group doesnt permit blood tranfusions - ANSWER Jehovah's witness what term describes the following coping mechanism: "The patient does not want to accept the truth of what is occuring" - ANSWER denial Which term describes the following coping mechanism: "The patient returns to an earlier stage of life such as that of a child and exhibits behaviors unique to that stage of life" - ANSWER regression What term describes the following coping mechanism: "A patient tries to give excuses as to why he or she has a particular illness" - ANSWER rationalization What term describes the following coping mechanism: "a patient holds in thoughts and feelings about a disease or illness" - ANSWER repression What types of values can create conflict in moral values? - ANSWER Cultural and Religous In which religion is organ donation controversial - ANSWER Buddhism In which religion is birth control not allowed? - ANSWER Catholic What religion does not permit abortion under any circumstance? - ANSWER American indian, jehovahs witness, hinduism, Catholic What religion uses the Torah as a holy text? - ANSWER Judaism What religion does not drink coffee or tea? - ANSWER Morman Special populations have unique __ needs - ANSWER physical and psychological A patient is considered a pediatric patient if he or she is between the ages of ___? - ANSWER birth to age 12 The term neonate applies to the pediatric patient who is between the ages of __? - ANSWER birth and 28 days of life outside the uterus A child less than 6 months of age cannot shiver therefore the child is at risk for? - ANSWER hypothermia, bradycardia, and acidosis In the normal child, the testes descend by the age of? - ANSWER one What task should the circulating ST perform to assist the anesthesia provider during induction of a pediatric patient? - ANSWER Hold the mask on face, hold patients hand, making sure the room is quiet, temp 70 degrees at least What are the critical parameters for monitoring pediatric patients? - ANSWER temp, urine output, cardiac function, and oxygenation In comparison to adults, pediatric patients have little subcutaneous fat and therefore? - ANSWER poor thermal insulation What is the most effective way to keep an infant's body temperature at an acceptable level? - ANSWER overhead radiant heater, keep extremities covered What vein is least used for central venous catheter placement in the pediatric patient? - ANSWER Saphenous vein.