Surgical Technology 7th Edition Fuller Test Bank

Surgical Technology 7th Edition Fuller Test Bank

Chapter 01: The Surgical Technologist

Fuller: Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice, 7th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• The professional association for surgical technologists is the .
• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
• American College of Surgeons
• Association of Surgical Technologists
• Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology

ANS: C

The AST is the surgical technologists’ professional organization. The association promotes professional standards by providing services to its members as well as legislative support to promote and formalize the status of surgical technologists.

DIF: 1 REF: p. 3

• demonstrates that a surgical technologist from an accredited program has

achieved a minimum level of knowledge and skills.

• Licensure
• An associate’s degree
• Graduation
• Certification

ANS: D

Certification is a demonstration of competency to a particular standard, usually set by the professional organization.

DIF: 1 REF: p. 4

• Certification for the surgical technologist is .
• mandatory
• voluntary
• unnecessary
• invalid

ANS: B

Certification is mandatory in some states for an individual to work in the profession.

However, in most states certification is voluntary. Note: All graduates from a

CAAHEP-accredited program are required to take the CST examination before graduation.DIF: 1 REF: p. 4

• Certification differs from licensure in that certification .
• does not require continuing education credits
• allows employers to evaluate prospective employees by one verifiable national

standard

• is not currently mandatory to practice in all 50 states 1 / 4

• is a no-cost examination

ANS: C

Licensure is a process in which the state government issues registration and the right to practice. Certification is mandatory in some states for an individual to work in the profession. This requirement is the national trend because it provides a demonstrable standard of knowledge. At the time of this writing, mandatory graduation from an accredited surgical technology program and certification is required in the states of Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Two other states—Colorado and Washington—require formal registration of the individual’s legal name and place of residence.

DIF: 1 REF: p. 4

• The profession of surgical technologist is defined today as a result of
• less demanding professional needs
• rapid monumental developments in technology in general
• growing demands in the ancillary departments
• advances in digital technology

ANS: B

Rapid monumental developments in technology help define the role of the surgical technologist.

DIF: 1 REF: p. 2

• The need for assistive perso

N nne R l in I sur G gery B d .id C no M t arise until .

• World War I
• Korean War
• Civil War
• World War II

ANS: D

The need for assistive personnel in surgery did not arise until World War II.DIF: 1 REF: p. 2

• During World War I, worked on the battlefield to offer aid and comfort to the

wounded.

• nurses
• assistants
• Corpsmen
• orderlies

ANS: C

During World War I, Corpsmen worked on the battlefield to offer aid and comfort to the wounded.

DIF: 1 REF: p. 2

• A new profession was born in the Army for the Corpsman; it was named . 2 / 4

• Corpsman I
• nurse
• CST
• ORT

ANS: D

ORT, operating room technician, was a new profession born in the Army for the Corpsman.DIF: 1 REF: p. 2

• Registered nurses continued to fill the role of the scrub, or “instrument,” nurse until about

.

• 1970
• 1965
• 1966
• none of the above

ANS: B

RNs continued to fill the role of the scrub, or instrument, nurse until 1965.DIF: 1 REF: p. 2

• The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) published a book called

.

• The Role of the Operating Room Technician
• Teaching in the Operating Room
• Teaching the Operating

N Ro R om I Tec G hnic B ia .n C M

• Surgical Techniques for OUpeSratinNg RToom TeOchnician

ANS: C

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) published a book called Teaching the Operating Room Technician.

DIF: 1 REF: p. 2

• In the AORN board of directors created the .
• 1968, Association of Operating Room Technicians
• 1965, Association of Operating Room Technicians
• 1968, Association of Operating Room Nurses
• 1967, Association of Operating Room Nurses

ANS: C

In 1968, the AORN board of directors created the Association of Operating Room Nurses.DIF: 1 REF: p. 2

• AORT stands for .
• Association of Operating Radiology Technician
• Association of Ophthalmic Register Technician
• Association of Operating Respiratory Technician
• Association of Operating Room Technicians 3 / 4

ANS: D

AORT stands for Association of Operating Room Technicians.DIF: 1 REF: p. 2

• In an effort to formalize technologists’ education, AORT created two new committees,

which are the Joint Review Committee and the .

• AST
• LCC-ST
• CST
• CORT-ST

ANS: B

In an effort to formalize technologists’ education, AORT created two new committees, the Joint Review Committee and the Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist (LCC-ST).

DIF: 1 REF: p. 2-3

• The surgical technologist’s professional organization that supports students and graduates is

.

• LCC
• CST
• AST
• NBSTSA

ANS: C

The surgical technologist’s professional organization that supports students and graduates is the Association of Surgical Technologists (AST).

DIF: 1 REF: p. 3

• At the national level, AST provides the following support to students and graduates of

surgical technologist and teaching institutions and the public .

• maintains practice standards, code of ethics, and code of conduct for the surgical

technologist

• publishes a professional journal, The Surgical Technologist
• holds annual conferences for surgical technologists and educators
• all of the above

ANS: D

At the national level, AST provides the following support to students and graduates of surgical technologist and teaching institutions and the public: maintains practice standards, code of ethics, and code of conduct for the surgical technologist; publishes a professional journal, The Surgical Technologist; and holds annual conferences for surgical technologists and educators.

DIF: 1 REF: p. 3

• It is important for students to become active members of AST to promote .
• / 4