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1
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What does C stand for in the CARE acronym?

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Care to patient and/or team

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What does the A stand for in the CARE acronym?

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Aseptic principles and technique

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What does the R stand for in the CARE acronym?

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Role of surgical technologist

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What does the E stand for in the CARE acronym?

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Environmental awareness and concern

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What names are important in the Classical Period relating to surgery?

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Hippocrates, Aristotle, Galen

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What time period was surgery starting to be taken more seriously?

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Renaissance

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How important are surgical technologists in the operating room?

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Integral part of the surgical team

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What are the two main things a surgical technologist needs to know?

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Theory and application of sterile technique, knowledge of human anatomy, pathology, and surgical procedures

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When and where was Allied Health Professionals developed?

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In Britain and U.S. after WWII

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“Enhancing the profession to ensure quality patient care.” What organization carries this mission statement?

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Professional Association for Surgical Technologists (AST)

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What is the guiding principle and what does it mean?

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Aeger Primo; The patient first

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What organization develops standars, accredits healthcare organizations, and defines what a surgical technologist is?

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The Joint Commission (TJC)

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What organization ensures surgical technologists have knowledge and skills required to administer patient care?

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Professional Association for Surgical Technologists (AST)

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What is CAAHEP?

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Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

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What is ARC/STSA?

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Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting

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What is ABHES?

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Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools

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What organization awards the CST credential after passing the certified Surgical Technologist exam?

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National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)

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18
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What is it to maintain competence in a specialized body of knowledge and skills?

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Professionalism

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What are some important qualities of professionalism?

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Competency, committment, honesty, cooperation, problem-solving, prioritization skills

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What forms can a resignation be in?

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Written or verbal

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What are the three levels of the Clinical Ladder Program?

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Entry-level practitioner, proficient practitioner, expert practitioner

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What is the point of the Clinical Ladder Program?

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Allows surgical technologists to move to positions of increased responsibility, offer employers a long-term strategy for employee retention, and motivate surgical technologists to continually improve

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What are some basic employability skills?

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Work ethic, attention to detail, communiation skills, dedication, adaptability, responsibility, accountability, personal appearance, hygiene

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What are some places that surgical technologists are employed in?

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Hospitals, labor and delivery, ambulatory surgical centers, interventional radiology

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What are some employment options for a surgical technologist?

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Office manager, surgery scheduler, vet/surgical assistant, anesthesia tech, organ+tissue procurement tech, private employee, research+product development assistant, medical equipment+services salesperson, surgical technology educatior, material management, sterile proccessing, specialization in surgery specialty

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What are the three stages of surgery?

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Preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative

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What is preoperative?

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Before surgical procedure

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What is intraoperative?

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During surgical procedure

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What is postoperative?

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After procedure has been terminated

30
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What is peripoerative?

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All three stages of surgery

31
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What are the roles of the surgical team?

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Surgeon, first scrub, anesthesia care provider, circulating

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Who are sterile surgical team members?

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Surgeon, surgical first assist, first scrub surgical technologist, second scrub surgical technologist

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Who are non-sterile surgical team members?

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Circulator, anesthesia provider, radiology technologist or pathologist

34
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Who can be a circulator?

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Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, Licensed Vocational Nurse, Surgical Technologist

35
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Who can be an anesthesia provider?

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Physician, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist

36
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What are some essential characteristics of a surgical technologist?

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Ability to prioritize, consider alternative solutions, evaluate problem and if it can be solved on an individual basis, work with others as a team, assess results of a solution and determine if that solution can be improved if reencountered

37
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What can a surgical technologist expect to do physically?

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Stand for long periods of time, move and lift heavy objects, be exposed to communicable diseases, experienece unpleasant sights and hazardous materials

38
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What is surgical conscience?

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Willingness to accept responsibility, committment to maintaining confidentiality, be nondiscriminatory, cost control, committment to practice sterile technique

39
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What are Tuckerman’s stages of group development?

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Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning

40
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What is Thomas Kilmann’s conflict mode instrument?

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Divide an individual’s behavior between assertiveness and cooperativeness; further divided into five response models of conflict

41
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What is important of teamwork in surgery?

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Team members must know their role to others, must be observant, and must have effective verbal and nonverbal communication

42
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What are some principles of teamwork?

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Politeness, respect, willingness to compromise, collaborate, discuss processes, discuss potential conflicts, acknowledge alternate solutions

43
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As a surgical technologist, what are the three areas that communication and basic relationships will affect?

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Social, professional, and therapeutic

44
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What are the main goals of communication?

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Provie and obtain information, express feelings, solve problems, and persuade

45
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What are the four components of communication?

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Sender, messenger, reciever, feedback

46
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Where are surgical services provided?

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Traditional ORs, free-standing ambulatory surgical centers, free-standing specialty centers, doctors’ offices, doctors’ clinics, labor and devilery units

47
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What can hospital departments be categorized as?

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Having direct or indirect patient care reponsibilities, having interactions between perioperative services and other hospital departments

48
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Where is most healthcare coverage provided through?

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HMOs and PPOs

49
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What controls costs of healthcare?

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A contractual agreement with healthcare providers

50
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What two programs offer additional coverage?

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Medicare, medicaid

51
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Who influences reimbursement?

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Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs)

52
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What are the two types of proprietaries?

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Non-profit and for-profit

53
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What are philosophies and policies typically established by?

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A board of directors or trustees

54
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What may be provided free of charge?

A

Intervention

55
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What happens in insurance?

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One party or entity agrees to pay another for a specified loss or condition

56
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What can help with healthcare reimbursement?

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2020, government finincial assistance

57
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What are the three broad categories of the classifications of surgery?

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Emergency, urgent, and elective

58
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What is emergency surgery?

A

Immediate surgical intervention

59
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What is urgent surgery?

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Requiring treatment soon

60
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What is elective surgery?

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Doesn’t have to be performed soon, optional

61
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What some examples of surgical specialties?

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Cardiothoracic, general, genitourinary, neurosurgery, obstetric and gynecologic, opthalamic, oral and maxillofacial, orthopedic, otorhinolaryngology, peripheral vascular, plastic and reconstructive

62
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How are surgical specialties further divided?

A

Specialties each have subspecialties

63
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What are the most common surgeries?

A

Gallbladder and Appendix removal

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