Test Bank For Surgical Technology 8th Edition / Surgical Technology 8th Edition Eight Edition Test Bank / Test Bank Surgical Technology 8E Fuller / Joanna Kotcher Fuller, 9780323680189 (Test Bank) / Kotcher Fuller 8e Test Bank For Surgical Technology.
Q-1. 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
ANS: C
The AST is the professional organization in surgical technology. The association supports students and
graduate surgical technologists through its many services and publications.
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Q-2. ________ demonstrates that a surgical technologist from an accredited program has
achieved a minimum level of knowledge and skills.
a. Licensure
b. An associate’s degree
c. Graduation
d. Certification
ANS: D
Certification: Acknowledgment by a private agency that a person has achieved a stated level of
knowledge and skill. Certification is usually established by graduation from an accredited institution
and passing a written examination.
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Q-3. Certification for the surgical technologist is ________.
a. mandatory
b. voluntary
c. unnecessary
d. invalid
ANS: B
Important to know: Students who graduate from an accredited program are required to take the cer-
tification exam as a means of maintaining the school’s accreditation status.
DIF: 1 REF: p. 4
Q-4. 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
ANS: B
Technological advances created a need for more trained personnel who could assist the surgeon.
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Q-5. 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
ANS: D
The need for other types of surgical assistants became critical during World War II. During World War
I, Army corpsmen worked on the battlefield to offer aid and comfort to the wound-ed, but they had
no role in surgery. World War II dramatically changed that. The need for assistive personnel in sur-
gery did not arise until World War II.
DIF: 1 REF: p. 2
Q-6. During World War I, _______ worked on the battlefield to offer aid and comfort to
the wounded.
a. nurses
b. assistants
c. Corpsmen
d. orderlies
ANS: C
During World War I, Army corpsmen worked on the battlefield to offer aid and comfort to the
wound-ed, but they had no role in surgery.
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Q-7. A new profession was born in the Army for the Corpsman; it was named __________.
a. Corpsman I
b. nurse
c. CST
d. ORT
ANS: D
When nurses were not available, such as on combat ships, corpsmen worked under the direct super-
vision of the surgeons. The Army referred to these corpsmen as operating room technicians (ORTs).
, Thereafter, the military played a significant role in defining the role of the ORT. Each branch of the
military provided specific training for the ORT.
DIF: 1 REF: p. 2
Q-8. 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
ANS: B
Registered nurses continued to fill the role of “instrument nurse” until about 1965, when the role
changed to “circulating” or non-sterile nurse.
DIF: 1 REF: p. 2
Q- 9. 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
ANS: C
In 1967, prompted by the need for guidelines and standards in the training of paramedical surgical
personnel, the Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) published a training manual called
Teaching the Operating Room Technician.
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