{"id":119975,"date":"2023-09-18T18:37:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T18:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=119975"},"modified":"2023-09-18T18:37:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T18:37:26","slug":"surgical-technologist-practice-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/18\/surgical-technologist-practice-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST PRACTICE EXAM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Patient safety and hospital efficiency and effectiveness are related to? – Answer\u0002consistent communication
Preoperative diagnostic studies are performed by the? – Answer- Radiologist
A professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care by elevating
standards of surgical education and practice is the? – Answer- American College of
Surgeons
The non-profit organization that develops standards and performance criteria for health
care organiations is the? – Answer- The Joint Commission
What is a proper job description? – 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? – Answer- Circulator and ST in circulating role
When was the first national certifying exam for the surgical technologist offered? –
Answer- Dec 1970
Indirect patient care is provided by which departments? – Answer- administration,
maintenance, housekeeping, food services, purchasing\/central services, medical
records
The certification exam for surgical techs is given by what entity – Answer- National
Board of Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assistants
The surgical technologist serving in the traditional role is called the? – Answer- Scrub
tech or STSR
Accreditation is a term that applies to? – Answer- Programs
Hospital philosophy and policy are usually determined by the ? – Answer- Board of
Trustees
A CRNA is part of what OR group – 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? – Answer- insurance

Medicare is a program administered by the federal government through which agency –
Answer- CMS
The _ is a division of the United Nations that promotes health activites worldwide? – Answer- World Health Organization What entity accredits surgical technology programs? – Answer- Commission Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs A general description of the abilities needed to perform a job is known as? – Answer\u0002competencies What term defines the relationship among coworker, surgeon, and other health care providers? – Answer- professional What term defines the relationship among the surgical technologist, the patient, and the patient’s family? – Answer- therapeutic According to the text, what is key to teamwork among health care providers? – Answer\u0002communication A hospital that is owned by an individual or corporation in order to make a profit is known as which type of hospital? – Answer- Proprietary What program allows for a surgical technologist to ascend to positions of increased responsibility – Answer- Clinical Ladder What organization acts both as an insurer and a provider of medical services – Answer\u0002Health Maintenance Organization What health care organization requires a primary care physician for all referrals? – Answer- HMO What hospital committee verifies the credentials of the physicians and specialized health care personnel – Answer- Medical Staff Committee What department provides sterotactic services? – Answer- Diagnostic Imaging What department identifies patient hazards and develops solutions? – Answer- Risk Management What department provides preventive measures against infection? – Answer- Infection control What department repairs broken equipment? – Answer- Maintenance\/Biomed <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What department oversees the sterilization needs of the hospital – Answer\u0002Purchasing\/central services What department maintains and verifies all patient records – Answer- Medical Records What department provides rehabilitation for the post-op patient? – Answer- Physical or Occupational therapy Which entity is responsible for verifying that the school attended by the ST meets national standarts? – Answer- ARC-ST Surgical pathology treating life or limb is defined as which type of surgery? – Answer\u0002Emergent Surgical pathology requiring treatment within a relatively short period of time is known as? – Answer- Urgent A scheduled knee arthroscopy is classified as which type of surgery? – Answer- Elective A uterine fibroid is an example of what type of factor causing surgical intervention? – Answer- nonmalignant neoplasm What is a malignant neoplasm? – Answer- colon cancer, giloblastoma, cancerous growth According to Maslow’s hierarchy, what are the most basic needs – Answer\u0002Physiological, biological needs, water, o2, food, and temp. regulation All developmental theories must account for changes in what domain? – Answer\u0002Cognitive, social, and physical What consideration may be more relevant to the elderly patient than to an adolescent? – Answer- pre-op planning, arthritis, decrease emotion, patient skin condition When positioning the elderly patient, the team must be especially aware of ? – Answer\u0002fragile skin, restricted movement, joints, arthritis What are the common physiological factors in the elderly? – Answer- Decreased cardiac and respiratory function If adult response is the norm, pediatric patients must be observed for what response? – Answer- Paradoxical (opposite) What is the term given to a genetic malformation known commonly as a cleft lip? – Answer- cheiloschisis <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An example of a non malignant neoplasm is? – Answer- uterine fibroid According to the text, which two broad factors apply to a patient’s reaction to health, illness, and hospitilization? – Answer- adaptation and stress Roy states that health involves becoming an integrated and _<\/em> person? – Answer\u0002Whole
When an injury or illness takes place, certain stressers affect the patient physically and
mentally. An adolescent patient is very conscious about their? – Answer- body and
privacy
When an illness takes place, certain stressors affect the patient physically and mentally.
Adult patients are worried about? – Answer- death, infirmity, family, paying bills, job
security
When an injury or illness takes place, certain stressors affect the patient physically and
mentally. Pediatric patients fear? – Answer- anesthesia
What religious group doesnt permit blood tranfusions – Answer- Jehovah’s witness
what term describes the following coping mechanism: “The patient does not want to
accept the truth of what is occuring” – Answer- denial
Which term describes the following coping mechanism: “The patient returns to an earlier
stage of life such as that of a child and exhibits behaviors unique to that stage of life” –
Answer- regression
What term describes the following coping mechanism: “A patient tries to give excuses
as to why he or she has a particular illness” – Answer- rationalization
What term describes the following coping mechanism: “a patient holds in thoughts and
feelings about a disease or illness” – Answer- repression
What types of values can create conflict in moral values? – Answer- Cultural and
Religous
In which religion is organ donation controversial – Answer- Buddhism
In which religion is birth control not allowed? – Answer- Catholic
What religion does not permit abortion under any circumstance? – Answer- American
indian, jehovahs witness, hinduism, Catholic
What religion uses the Torah as a holy text? – Answer- Judaism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patient safety and hospital efficiency and effectiveness are related to? – Answer\u0002consistent communicationPreoperative diagnostic studies are performed by the? – Answer- RadiologistA professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care by elevatingstandards of surgical education and practice is the? – Answer- American College ofSurgeonsThe non-profit organization that develops standards and performance criteria for healthcare […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}