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Surgical technology for the Surgical
Technologist Chapter 3 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Physical psychological social spiritual - answer✔For the surgical patient, surgical intervention is a _____,
_____ , _________, and _______ event
physical need - answer✔any need or activity related to genetics, physiology, or anatomy
psychological need - answer✔any need or activity related to the identification and understanding of
oneself
social need - answer✔any need or activity related to one's identification or interaction with another
individual or group
spiritual need - answer✔any need or activity related to the identification and understanding of one's
place in an organized universe (expressions may involve theology, philosophy, mythology, and intuition)
maslows hierarchy of needs - answer✔establishes a means of prioritizing needs effective for basic
understanding of individuals and for quick recognition of patient concerns
genetic malformation, trauma, nonmalignant or malignant neoplasm, disease, condition, psychological
state - answer✔common factors that result in surgical intervention:
cheiloschisis (cleft lip) - answer✔Example of a genetic malformation:
anterior cruciate ligament tear - answer✔example of a trauma:
colon cancer, uterine fibroid - answer✔example of a malignant and nonmalignant neoplasm:
cholecystitis (gallbladder infection) - answer✔example of a disease:
kidney stone - answer✔example of a condition needing surgical intervention:
rhytidectomy (facelift) - answer✔example of a psychological state needing surgical intervention:
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adaptation, stress - answer✔Human behavior in reaction to health, illness, and hospitalization varies
with age of the patient, but two broad factors that apply to majority of patients are ______ and _____
roy adaptation model - answer✔Sister Callista Roy is best known for the development of the ______
______ ______
biopsycholosocial, adapt - answer✔Roys model views the patient as a ________ individual that is
constantly interacting with the environment with the ability to ______ by using coping skills in dealing
with internal and external stressors
stress - answer✔______ can take the form of a physical, chemical, or emotional phenomenon that
causes tension
distress and eustress - answer✔Stress can be divided into two types:
distress - answer✔most commonly referred to type of stress-the type that has negative implications
eustress - answer✔positive, desirable form of stress
type, nature, severity of the illness, trauma, or disease age, environment, family role, economic factors,
religious beliefs - answer✔Stress factors to be aware of:
jehovahs witnesses - answer✔______ _____ do not believe in or permit the transfusion of whole blood
or blood components
denial, rationalization, regression, repression - answer✔Common types of coping mechanisms:
rationalization - answer✔An example of _______ would be a diabetic patient who is facing amputation
of his or her foot due to a gangrenous ulcer may say "diabetes runs on my fathers side of the family"
repression - answer✔escaping or avoiding the situation
cardiac death, higher-brain death, whole-brain death - answer✔Three accepted definitions of death:
cardiac death - answer✔The irreversible loss of cardiac and respiratory function. This is the permanent
absence of heartbeat and respiration
higher-brain death - answer✔The lower brain stem continues to provide respiration, blood pressure,
and a heartbeat without the assistance of a respirator. Irreversible loss of higher-brain function
whole-brain death - answer✔The irreversible loss of all functions of the brain.
whole-brain death - answer✔flat EEG, unresponsiveness, lack of pupil reflexes, and low body
temperature
spiritual, religious - answer✔_____ or ______ practices and rituals play important roles in end-of-life
care