Chapter 1: The Surgical Technologist All Answers Correct

Chapter 1: The Surgical Technologist All Answers Correct AORN - Association of perioperative Registered Nurses. The professional organization for surgical nurses., originally known as the Association of Operating Room Nurses. ARC/STSA - Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting. The ARC/STSA - establishes, maintains, and promotes quality standards for education programs in surgical technology and surgical first assisting. Assistant Circulator - The surgical technologist in the nonsterile role of the surgical team responsible for monitoring the conditions in the operating room that are related to patient care, safety, documentation, distribution of sterile supplies, and counts. AST - Association of Surgical Technologists. The professional association for surgical technologists that strives to uphold and support the standards of patient care and the profession. CAAHEP - Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. The CAAHEP - Accredits health science programs, including those for surgical technology. CST - Certified surgical technologist. A surgical technologist who has successfully passed the certified examination given by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting. CST-CFA - Certified surgical technologist-certified first assistant. A surgical technologist with advanced training who has successfully passed the certification examination for surgical first assistants. Scrub - Role and name commonly applied to the surgical technologist or licensed nurse in the sterile scrub role during surgery. Sterile Personnel - Members of the surgical team who have performed a surgical scrub or hand and arm antisepsis procedure. They don sterile gown and gloves and either perform the surgery or assist directly. Surgical Conscience - In surgery, professional and personal honesty about one's actions, mistakes, and abilities. The need for other types of personnel in surgery did not arise until - World War II During World War I, _____________ worked on the battlefield to offer aid and comfort to the wounded - Army corpsmen When nurses were not available, such as on combat ships ____________ worked under the direct supervision of the surgeons - Corpsmen In this way, a new profession was born, and the Army referred to these corpsmen as _______________ - Operating Room Technicians (ORTs) A corpsmen primary function was that of a ____________ - Circulator Registered nurses continued to fill the role of the ________ or ________ until about 1965 - Scrub or instrument nurse In 1965 - The roles reversed and hospitals began training civilian ORTs The Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) published a training manual called - Teaching the Operating Room Technician In 1968 AORN board of directors created the ___________ which led to formal training for the civilian ORT in proprietary schools across the United States - Association of Operating Room Technicians (AORT) The AORT created two new committees - The Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist (LCC-ST) and the Joint Review Committee on Education The _______ is the professional organization for surgical technology - AST The AST supports _________ through its many services and publications - Students and graduate surgical technologists Maintains the Practice Standards, Code of Ethics, and Code of Conduct for surgical technologists - The AST Publishes a professional journal , The Surgical Technologist, which provides news, legislative updates, and articles for professional development - The AST Holds annual conferences for surgical technologists, assistants, and educators - The AST It is important for surgical technology students to become _________ of the AST and to promote the standards of the profession - Active members As a body of professionals, surgical technologists are supported by a number of key organizations and partners. Each has a designated role in _______, ________, _______, and _________ - Promotion, certification, accreditation, and continuing education The __________ provides educational standards and recommendations required for accreditation of