SURGICAL TECH STUDY GUIDE FOR CST EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS | VERIFIED & UPDATED

SURGICAL TECH STUDY GUIDE FOR CST EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS | VERIFIED & UPDATED What is an example of the interaction between personal and professional life? - Answer️️ - The nature of the OR results in some isolation from the general public Patient safety and hospital efficiency and effectiveness are related to? - Answer️️ - consistent communication What tasks belongs to the medical records department? - Answer️️ - maintains and verifies all patient records, trascription of history and phsyical, requires proper signature, may provide past medical records when needed Preoperative diagnostic studies are performed by the? - Answer️️ - Radiologist A professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care by elevating standards of surgical education and practice is the? - Answer️️ - American College of Surgeons The non-profit organization that develops standards and performance criteria for health care organiations is the? - Answer️️ - The Joint Commission What is a proper job description? - Answer️️ - 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? - Answer️️ - Circulator and ST in circulating role Surgical technologists are employed most often in which are of the hospital? - Answer️️ - Surgery department When was the first national certifying exam for the surgical technologist offered? - Answer️️ - Dec 1970 Indirect patient care is provided by which departments? - Answer️️ - administration, maintenance, housekeeping, food services, purchasing/central services, medical records The certification exam for surgical techs is given by what entity - Answer️️ - National Board of Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants The surgical technologist serving in the traditional role is called the? - Answer️️ - Scrub tech or STSR Accreditation is a term that applies to? - Answer️️ - Programs Hospital philosophy and policy are usually determined by the ? - Answer️️ - Board of Trustees A CRNA is part of what OR group - Answer️️ - non sterile anesthesia dept 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? - Answer️️ - insurance Medicare is a program administered by the federal government through which agency - Answer️️ - CMS The __ is a division of the United Nations that promotes health activites worldwide? - Answer️️ - World Health Organization What entity accredits surgical technology programs? - Answer️️ - Commission Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs A general description of the abilities needed to perform a job is known as? - Answer️️ - competencies What term defines the relationship among coworker, surgeon, and other health care providers? - Answer️️ - professional What term defines the relationship among the surgical technologist, the patient, and the patient's family? - Answer️️ - therapeutic According to the text, which factor is a key component in developing relationships? - Answer️️ - communication According to the text, what is key to teamwork among health care providers? - Answer️️ - communication Nonverbal communication involves several components. What term defines the following: be open-minded and objective - Answer️️ - receptive A hospital that is owned by an individual or corporation in order to make a profit is known as which type of hospital? - Answer️️ - Proprietary What program allows for a surgical technologist to ascend to positions of increased responsibility - Answer️️ - Clinical Ladder What organization acts both as an insurer and a provider of medical services - Answer️️ - Health Maintenance Organization What health care organization requires a primary care physician for all referrals? - Answer️️ - HMO What hospital committee verifies the credentials of the physicians and specialized health care personnel - Answer️️ - Medical Staff Committee The credential held by a nurse with several years experience in critical nursing and specialty training in anesthesia is ? - Answer️️ - CRNA What department provides sterotactic services? - Answer️️ - Diagnostic Imaging What department provides blood replacement services? - Answer️️ - Medical Laboratory What department identifies patient hazards and develops solutions? - Answer️️ - Risk Management What department provides informed consent? - Answer️️ - Nursing Care Units What department provides preventive measures against infection? - Answer️️ - Infection control What department repairs broken equipment? - Answer️️ - Maintenance/Biomed What department oversees the sterilization needs of the hospital - Answer️️ - Purchasing/central services What department maintains and verifies all patient records - Answer️️ - Medical Records What department provides rehabilitation for the post-op patient? - Answer️️ - Physical or Occupational therapy Which entity is responsible for verifying that the school attended by the ST meets national standarts? - Answer️️ - ARC-ST Surgical pathology treating life or limb is defined as which type of surgery? - Answer️️ - Emergent Surgical pathology requiring treatment within a relatively short period of time is known as? - Answer️️ - Urgent A scheduled knee arthroscopy is classified as which type of surgery? - Answer️️ - Elective Given the focused and technical tasks of the OR, the team must struggle against the tendency to? - Answer️️ - Lose sight of the total person as a whole The needs or activities related to one's identification or interaction with another individual or gorup forms which component of the human being - Answer️️ - Social need A uterine fibroid is an example of what type of factor causing surgical intervention? - Answer️️ - nonmalignant neopl