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What is an example of the interaction between personal and professional life? -
CORRECT ANSWER The nature of the OR results in some isolation from the general
public
Patient safety and hospital efficiency and effectiveness are related to? -CORRECT
ANSWER consistent communication
What tasks belongs to the medical records department? -CORRECT ANSWER
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? -CORRECT ANSWER
Radiologist
A professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care by elevating
standards of surgical education and practice is the? -CORRECT ANSWER American
College of Surgeons
The non-profit organization that develops standards and performance criteria for health
care organiations is the? -CORRECT ANSWER The Joint Commission
What is a proper job description? -CORRECT 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? -CORRECT ANSWER Circulator and ST in circulating
role
Surgical technologists are employed most often in which are of the hospital? -
CORRECT ANSWER Surgery department
When was the first national certifying exam for the surgical technologist offered? -
CORRECT ANSWER Dec 1970
,Indirect patient care is provided by which departments? -CORRECT ANSWER
administration, maintenance, housekeeping, food services, purchasing/central services,
medical records
The certification exam for surgical techs is given by what entity -CORRECT ANSWER
National Board of Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants
The surgical technologist serving in the traditional role is called the? -CORRECT
ANSWER Scrub tech or STSR
Accreditation is a term that applies to? -CORRECT ANSWER Programs
Hospital philosophy and policy are usually determined by the ? -CORRECT ANSWER
Board of Trustees
A CRNA is part of what OR group -CORRECT ANSWER 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? -CORRECT ANSWER
insurance
Medicare is a program administered by the federal government through which agency -
CORRECT ANSWER CMS
The __ is a division of the United Nations that promotes health activites worldwide? -
CORRECT ANSWER World Health Organization
What entity accredits surgical technology programs? -CORRECT ANSWER
Commission Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
A general description of the abilities needed to perform a job is known as? -CORRECT
ANSWER competencies
What term defines the relationship among coworker, surgeon, and other health care
providers? -CORRECT ANSWER professional
What term defines the relationship among the surgical technologist, the patient, and the
patient's family? -CORRECT ANSWER therapeutic
According to the text, which factor is a key component in developing relationships? -
CORRECT ANSWER communication
According to the text, what is key to teamwork among health care providers? -
CORRECT ANSWER communication
,Nonverbal communication involves several components. What term defines the
following: be open-minded and objective -CORRECT ANSWER receptive
A hospital that is owned by an individual or corporation in order to make a profit is
known as which type of hospital? -CORRECT ANSWER Proprietary
What program allows for a surgical technologist to ascend to positions of increased
responsibility -CORRECT ANSWER Clinical Ladder
What organization acts both as an insurer and a provider of medical services -
CORRECT ANSWER Health Maintenance Organization
What health care organization requires a primary care physician for all referrals? -
CORRECT ANSWER HMO
What hospital committee verifies the credentials of the physicians and specialized
health care personnel -CORRECT ANSWER Medical Staff Committee
The credential held by a nurse with several years experience in critical nursing and
specialty training in anesthesia is ? -CORRECT ANSWER CRNA
What department provides sterotactic services? -CORRECT ANSWER Diagnostic
Imaging
What department provides blood replacement services? -CORRECT ANSWER Medical
Laboratory
What department identifies patient hazards and develops solutions? -CORRECT
ANSWER Risk Management
What department provides informed consent? -CORRECT ANSWER Nursing Care
Units
What department provides preventive measures against infection? -CORRECT
ANSWER Infection control
What department repairs broken equipment? -CORRECT ANSWER
Maintenance/Biomed
What department oversees the sterilization needs of the hospital -CORRECT ANSWER
Purchasing/central services
What department maintains and verifies all patient records -CORRECT ANSWER
Medical Records
, What department provides rehabilitation for the post-op patient? -CORRECT ANSWER
Physical or Occupational therapy
Which entity is responsible for verifying that the school attended by the ST meets
national standarts? -CORRECT ANSWER ARC-ST
Surgical pathology treating life or limb is defined as which type of surgery? -CORRECT
ANSWER Emergent
Surgical pathology requiring treatment within a relatively short period of time is known
as? -CORRECT ANSWER Urgent
A scheduled knee arthroscopy is classified as which type of surgery? -CORRECT
ANSWER Elective
Given the focused and technical tasks of the OR, the team must struggle against the
tendency to? -CORRECT ANSWER 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 -CORRECT ANSWER
Social need
A uterine fibroid is an example of what type of factor causing surgical intervention? -
CORRECT ANSWER nonmalignant neoplasm
What is a malignant neoplasm? -CORRECT ANSWER colon cancer, giloblastoma,
cancerous growth
According to Maslow's hierarchy, what are the most basic needs -CORRECT ANSWER
Physiological, biological needs, water, o2, food, and temp. regulation
All developmental theories must account for changes in what domain? -CORRECT
ANSWER Cognitive, social, and physical
One of the advantages to the life-stage approach is that it? -CORRECT ANSWER is
practical and doesnt require advanced levels of education to apply
If a patient asks what you do, you should? -CORRECT ANSWER explain honestly in
simple terms
What consideration may be more relevant to the elderly patient than to an adolescent? -
CORRECT ANSWER pre-op planning, arthritis, decrease emotion, patient skin
condition
When positioning the elderly patient, the team must be especially aware of ? -
CORRECT ANSWER fragile skin, restricted movement, joints, arthritis
FOR CST EXAM||Newest Study
Guide With Over 700 Most
Examinable Questions And Well
Verified Correct Answers||Graded
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What is an example of the interaction between personal and professional life? -
CORRECT ANSWER The nature of the OR results in some isolation from the general
public
Patient safety and hospital efficiency and effectiveness are related to? -CORRECT
ANSWER consistent communication
What tasks belongs to the medical records department? -CORRECT ANSWER
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? -CORRECT ANSWER
Radiologist
A professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care by elevating
standards of surgical education and practice is the? -CORRECT ANSWER American
College of Surgeons
The non-profit organization that develops standards and performance criteria for health
care organiations is the? -CORRECT ANSWER The Joint Commission
What is a proper job description? -CORRECT 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? -CORRECT ANSWER Circulator and ST in circulating
role
Surgical technologists are employed most often in which are of the hospital? -
CORRECT ANSWER Surgery department
When was the first national certifying exam for the surgical technologist offered? -
CORRECT ANSWER Dec 1970
,Indirect patient care is provided by which departments? -CORRECT ANSWER
administration, maintenance, housekeeping, food services, purchasing/central services,
medical records
The certification exam for surgical techs is given by what entity -CORRECT ANSWER
National Board of Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants
The surgical technologist serving in the traditional role is called the? -CORRECT
ANSWER Scrub tech or STSR
Accreditation is a term that applies to? -CORRECT ANSWER Programs
Hospital philosophy and policy are usually determined by the ? -CORRECT ANSWER
Board of Trustees
A CRNA is part of what OR group -CORRECT ANSWER 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? -CORRECT ANSWER
insurance
Medicare is a program administered by the federal government through which agency -
CORRECT ANSWER CMS
The __ is a division of the United Nations that promotes health activites worldwide? -
CORRECT ANSWER World Health Organization
What entity accredits surgical technology programs? -CORRECT ANSWER
Commission Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
A general description of the abilities needed to perform a job is known as? -CORRECT
ANSWER competencies
What term defines the relationship among coworker, surgeon, and other health care
providers? -CORRECT ANSWER professional
What term defines the relationship among the surgical technologist, the patient, and the
patient's family? -CORRECT ANSWER therapeutic
According to the text, which factor is a key component in developing relationships? -
CORRECT ANSWER communication
According to the text, what is key to teamwork among health care providers? -
CORRECT ANSWER communication
,Nonverbal communication involves several components. What term defines the
following: be open-minded and objective -CORRECT ANSWER receptive
A hospital that is owned by an individual or corporation in order to make a profit is
known as which type of hospital? -CORRECT ANSWER Proprietary
What program allows for a surgical technologist to ascend to positions of increased
responsibility -CORRECT ANSWER Clinical Ladder
What organization acts both as an insurer and a provider of medical services -
CORRECT ANSWER Health Maintenance Organization
What health care organization requires a primary care physician for all referrals? -
CORRECT ANSWER HMO
What hospital committee verifies the credentials of the physicians and specialized
health care personnel -CORRECT ANSWER Medical Staff Committee
The credential held by a nurse with several years experience in critical nursing and
specialty training in anesthesia is ? -CORRECT ANSWER CRNA
What department provides sterotactic services? -CORRECT ANSWER Diagnostic
Imaging
What department provides blood replacement services? -CORRECT ANSWER Medical
Laboratory
What department identifies patient hazards and develops solutions? -CORRECT
ANSWER Risk Management
What department provides informed consent? -CORRECT ANSWER Nursing Care
Units
What department provides preventive measures against infection? -CORRECT
ANSWER Infection control
What department repairs broken equipment? -CORRECT ANSWER
Maintenance/Biomed
What department oversees the sterilization needs of the hospital -CORRECT ANSWER
Purchasing/central services
What department maintains and verifies all patient records -CORRECT ANSWER
Medical Records
, What department provides rehabilitation for the post-op patient? -CORRECT ANSWER
Physical or Occupational therapy
Which entity is responsible for verifying that the school attended by the ST meets
national standarts? -CORRECT ANSWER ARC-ST
Surgical pathology treating life or limb is defined as which type of surgery? -CORRECT
ANSWER Emergent
Surgical pathology requiring treatment within a relatively short period of time is known
as? -CORRECT ANSWER Urgent
A scheduled knee arthroscopy is classified as which type of surgery? -CORRECT
ANSWER Elective
Given the focused and technical tasks of the OR, the team must struggle against the
tendency to? -CORRECT ANSWER 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 -CORRECT ANSWER
Social need
A uterine fibroid is an example of what type of factor causing surgical intervention? -
CORRECT ANSWER nonmalignant neoplasm
What is a malignant neoplasm? -CORRECT ANSWER colon cancer, giloblastoma,
cancerous growth
According to Maslow's hierarchy, what are the most basic needs -CORRECT ANSWER
Physiological, biological needs, water, o2, food, and temp. regulation
All developmental theories must account for changes in what domain? -CORRECT
ANSWER Cognitive, social, and physical
One of the advantages to the life-stage approach is that it? -CORRECT ANSWER is
practical and doesnt require advanced levels of education to apply
If a patient asks what you do, you should? -CORRECT ANSWER explain honestly in
simple terms
What consideration may be more relevant to the elderly patient than to an adolescent? -
CORRECT ANSWER pre-op planning, arthritis, decrease emotion, patient skin
condition
When positioning the elderly patient, the team must be especially aware of ? -
CORRECT ANSWER fragile skin, restricted movement, joints, arthritis
