Health Care Facility/ History of Surgery
Which type of hospital is investor owned by individual/corporation with a focus on providing quality patient care while also creating a profit to be returned to the investors?
Proprietary
The purpose of a ________ is to provide a brief, personal introduction.
Cover Letter
How many questions on the CST exam are test questions that do not count towards your final score?
25 questions
150 count towards your final score
_____is not the same as the normal sharing of news or events that occur in people's lives.
Gossip
Verbal statements that cause injury to another's reputation are referred to as what?
Slander
Which type of health insurance is provided by the federal government for individuals who are 65 or older or those who are disabled?
Medicare
The purpose of the _____is to convince prospective employers to interview you.
Resume
Certification for the surgical technologist is valid for ____years.
2
Aggressive bodily contact with a person without the person's consent is called________.
Battery
____is a term that refers to permission being given to an action.
Consent
Which individual recognized the importance of hand washing between patients and the influence this hand washing had on the incidence of puerperal fever in obstetrical clinics?
Ignaz Semmelweis
The organization responsible for all decisions regarding the eligibility for and granting, denial, renewal, maintenance, and revocation of certification for the surgical technologist is ________.
NBSTSA
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
To maintain certification the surgical technologist must complete ____continuing ed. credits within the required period of time.
30
Respect is a form of _________that requires protection of another's vulnerabilities.
empathy
______is used to report an unusual event that has occurred to patient or staff in OR.
Incident Report
Which type of health insurance involves a set of contracted Dr.'s and hospitals that provide services using a predetermined fee which are considered in-network? This type of insurance will still provide coverage for providers who are considered out-of-network but it will be at a higher rate than care provided in-network.
PPO
When resigning from a job, you should notify _______before anyone else at work.
Your supervisor
The most restrictive form of regulation of health care professionals is ______.
What is established with this type of regulation?
Licensure
Scope of Practice
Describe the term Groupthink and how it negatively impacts team interactions in the OR.
•Collective behavior and thinking based on peer pressure
•Establishes unwritten, unspoken rules. Those who don’t follow may be criticized or ostracized.
•Usually a negative force, does not allow freedom of speech or action because of the threat of isolation.
In order for negligence to be determined how many elements must be proven?
4
Which individual successfully introduced the use of carbolic acid to sterilize instruments and sterilize surgical wounds as a pioneer of antiseptic surgery?
Joseph Lister
List 2 items that should not be included on your professional resume.
High School Graduation
Activities from High School
Employment from more than 15 years ago
Exaggeration about skills to make the resume longer-no more than 2 pages in length
Any information that is not factual
The organization that directly oversees academic accreditation for the field of surgical technology is the _________.
ARC-STSA
Accreditation Review Council on Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Identify 3 possible goals of communication.
Provide information
Obtain information
Express feelings
Solve problems
Persuade others to change attitudes or behaviors
Prevent errors in the OR
Promote patient safety
A ____is a civil wrong committed against a person or person's property.