TEST BANK FOR SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, 5TH EDITION: FULLER

Fuller: Surgical Technology, 5th Edition Chapter 1: The Surgical Technologist Test Bank TRUE/FALSE 1. Professionals in allied health follow the principles of medicine and nursing in that they participate in the health and well-being of people through specific tasks and expertise. ANS: T Allied health professionals are highly trained and must have a global view of health as well as the education and capability to focus on highly technical aspects of health care delivery. REF: p. 2 2. Sterile personnel are scrubbed and have donned surgical gown and gloves. ANS: T The tasks of the surgical technologist are described as “sterile” or “nonsterile.” REF: p. 8 3. The first surgical technologists were army corpsmen trained to assist in surgery. ANS: T During World War I, army corpsmen worked on the battlefield to offer aid and comfort to the wounded, but they had no role in surgery. World War II dramatically changed that. The army began training corpsmen to assist in surgery, a role that previously had been filled only by nurses. By this time, however, corpsmen were expected to administer anesthesia and assistant the surgeon. REF: p. 2 4. The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses is the professional organization for nurses and surgical technologists. ANS: F The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is an organization for surgical nurses. REF: p. 1