NCCT SURGICAL TECH EXAM REVIEW /
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
CORRECT ANSWERS
Terms in this set (91)
An 85-year-old patient is Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded.
currently in the operating Rationale: Elderly patients are likely to have pressure ulcers
room under general develop if bony prominences are not cushioned and
anesthesia for a right hip protected from the hard surface of the operating room
arthroplasty. Which of the table. Their skin is delicate and fragile due to their age, and
following will best help to other conditions such as diabetes, or poor circulation.
prevent perioperative
positioning injuries? Ensure
all bony prominences are
sufficiently padded. Make
sure that the implant is
appropriately sized for the
patient. Be attentive to
intraoperative signs of
discomfort or distress. Use a
body warming blanket during
the preoperative phase.
,The surgical technologist is Discard the item and retrieve a new one.
opening for a procedure and
notices the wrapped item she Rationale: If the integrity of the package has been
just opened has a hole in the compromised, it should not be taken on the sterile field.
When in doubt throw it out and get a new one. If the package
outer layer. Which of the
has a hole it should never be used. If it was taken onto the
following is the proper course sterile field it would contaminate the whole field.
of action?
Open the inner layer onto the
sterile field.
Discard the item and
retrieve a new one. Check
the indicator to ensure the
item has been sterilized.
Place the package on a prep
stand and open away from
the sterile field.
Before medications or Date, Medication, Dosage
solutions are poured onto Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of
the circulator prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date,
the sterile field, the surgical
name of medication and dosage must be communicated during
technologist should verify transfer of medication by the circulator and surgical technician to
which of the following? reduce medication errors.
(Select the three (3) correct
answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure
,The surgical technologist has The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
just completed scrubbing for
a right knee arthroscopy. As Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along
the surgeon takes down the with a paper drape, would be where the smoke plume was
coming from because of the heat. Iodine and lactated ringers
tourniquet, and the surgical
are not a flammable liquids and would not be the source of
technologist begins to the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of the
breakdown the back table, a heat since it's not working properly.
plume of smoke is seen
coming from the sterile field.
Which of the following is the
most likely source of this
smoke?
The light source was left
on and the drape is
igniting.
The iodine is still damp and
is igniting from use of the
cautery pencil. Lactated
ringers was used for
irrigation instead of glycine.
A faulty grounding pad is in
place.
, Before medications or Date, Medication, Dosage
solutions are poured onto Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of
the sterile field, the surgical the circulator prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date,
name of medication and dosage must be communicated during
technologist should verify
transfer of medication by the circulator and surgical technician to
which of the following? reduce medication errors.
(Select the three (3) correct
answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure
COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
CORRECT ANSWERS
Terms in this set (91)
An 85-year-old patient is Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded.
currently in the operating Rationale: Elderly patients are likely to have pressure ulcers
room under general develop if bony prominences are not cushioned and
anesthesia for a right hip protected from the hard surface of the operating room
arthroplasty. Which of the table. Their skin is delicate and fragile due to their age, and
following will best help to other conditions such as diabetes, or poor circulation.
prevent perioperative
positioning injuries? Ensure
all bony prominences are
sufficiently padded. Make
sure that the implant is
appropriately sized for the
patient. Be attentive to
intraoperative signs of
discomfort or distress. Use a
body warming blanket during
the preoperative phase.
,The surgical technologist is Discard the item and retrieve a new one.
opening for a procedure and
notices the wrapped item she Rationale: If the integrity of the package has been
just opened has a hole in the compromised, it should not be taken on the sterile field.
When in doubt throw it out and get a new one. If the package
outer layer. Which of the
has a hole it should never be used. If it was taken onto the
following is the proper course sterile field it would contaminate the whole field.
of action?
Open the inner layer onto the
sterile field.
Discard the item and
retrieve a new one. Check
the indicator to ensure the
item has been sterilized.
Place the package on a prep
stand and open away from
the sterile field.
Before medications or Date, Medication, Dosage
solutions are poured onto Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of
the circulator prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date,
the sterile field, the surgical
name of medication and dosage must be communicated during
technologist should verify transfer of medication by the circulator and surgical technician to
which of the following? reduce medication errors.
(Select the three (3) correct
answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure
,The surgical technologist has The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
just completed scrubbing for
a right knee arthroscopy. As Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along
the surgeon takes down the with a paper drape, would be where the smoke plume was
coming from because of the heat. Iodine and lactated ringers
tourniquet, and the surgical
are not a flammable liquids and would not be the source of
technologist begins to the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of the
breakdown the back table, a heat since it's not working properly.
plume of smoke is seen
coming from the sterile field.
Which of the following is the
most likely source of this
smoke?
The light source was left
on and the drape is
igniting.
The iodine is still damp and
is igniting from use of the
cautery pencil. Lactated
ringers was used for
irrigation instead of glycine.
A faulty grounding pad is in
place.
, Before medications or Date, Medication, Dosage
solutions are poured onto Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of
the sterile field, the surgical the circulator prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date,
name of medication and dosage must be communicated during
technologist should verify
transfer of medication by the circulator and surgical technician to
which of the following? reduce medication errors.
(Select the three (3) correct
answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure
