The professional association for surgical technologists is the ________.
a. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
b. American College of Surgeons
c. Association of Surgical Technologists
d. Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology - ANSWERSc. Association of ...
SURG1630 Midterm Review Set
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The professional association for surgical technologists is the ________.
a. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
b. American College of Surgeons
c. Association of Surgical Technologists
d. Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology - ANSWERSc.
Association of Surgical Technologists
________ demonstrates that a surgical technologist from an accredited program has
achieved a minimum level of knowledge and skills.
a. An associate's degree
b. Graduation
c. Certification
d. Licensure - ANSWERSc. Certification
Certification for the surgical technologist is ________.
a. mandatory
b. voluntary
c. unnecessary
d. invalid - ANSWERSb. voluntary
The profession of surgical technologist is defined today as a result of
_________________.
a. less demanding professional needs
b. technological advances
c. growing demands in the ancillary departments
d. advances in digital technology - ANSWERSb. technological advances
The need for assistive personnel in surgery did not arise until ____________.
a. World War I
b. Korean War
c. Civil War
d. World War II - ANSWERSd. World War II
During World War I, _______ worked on the battlefield to offer aid and comfort to the
wounded.
,a. nurses
b. assistants
c. Corpsmen
d. orderlies - ANSWERSc. Corpsmen
A new profession was born in the Army for the Corpsman; it was named __________.
a. Corpsman I
b. nurse
c. CST
d. ORT - ANSWERSd. ORT
Registered nurses continued to fill the role of the scrub, or "instrument," nurse until
about __________.
a. 1970
b. 1965
c. 1966
d. none are correct - ANSWERSb. 1965
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) published a book called
_______________.
a. The Role of the Operating Room Technician
b. Teaching in the Operating Room
c. Teaching the Operating Room Technician
d. Surgical Techniques for Operating Room Technician - ANSWERSc. Teaching the
Operating Room Technician
In _______ the AORN board of directors created the ________________.
a. 1968, Association of Operating Room Technicians
b. 1965, Association of Operating Room Technicians
c. 1968, Association of Operating Room Nurses
d. 1967, Association of Operating Room Nurses - ANSWERSa. 1968, Association of
Operating Room Technicians
AORT stands for __________.
a. Association of Operating Radiology Technician
b. Association of Ophthalmic Register Technician
c. Association of Operating Respiratory Technician
d. Association of Operating Room Technicians - ANSWERSd. Association of Operating
Room Technicians
, In an effort to formalize technologists' education, AORT created two new committees,
which are the Joint Review Committee and the __________.
a. AST
b. LCC-ST
c. CST
d. CORT-ST - ANSWERSb. LCC-ST
The surgical technologist's professional organization that supports students and
graduates is __________.
a. LCC
b. CST
c. AST
d. NBSTSA - ANSWERSc. AST
At the national level, AST provides the following support to students and graduates of
surgical technologist and teaching institutions and the public __________.
a. maintains practice standards, code of ethics, and code of conduct for the surgical
technologist
b. publishes a professional journal, The Surgical Technologist
c. holds annual conferences for surgical technologists and educators
d. all are correct - ANSWERSd. all are correct
It is important for students to become active members of AST to promote __________.
a. standards of the profession
b. the Association of Surgical Technology
c. the Accrediting Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology
d. themselves - ANSWERSa. standards of the profession
As a body of professionals, surgical technologists are supported by a number of key
organizations and partners. Each has a designated role in __________.
a. certification, standards, continuing education, and promotion
b. continuing education, promotion, standards, and accreditation
c. standards, continuing education, accreditation, and promotion
d. promotion, certification, accreditation, and continuing education - ANSWERSd.
promotion, certification, accreditation, and continuing education
Which of the following organizations oversees certification and credentialing for the
surgical technologist?
a. AORN
b. AST
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