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ABHES - correct answer -Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools. is another nonprofit accrediting body. ABHES is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as both intuitional and specialized accreditation body in health training and education. Its students may also apply to take the AST certification exam. ACS - correct answer -American College of Surgeons. A professional organization that establishes educational standards for surgeons and surgical residency practice. Allied Heath Profession - correct answer -A profession that follows the principles of medicine and nursing but focuses on an expertise set apart from those practices. AORN - correct answer -Association or Perioperative Registered Nurses. The professional organization for surgical nurses; originally known as the Association of Operating Room nurses. AMA - correct answer -American Medical Association. An association founded in 1847 comprising medical doctors whose mission is to promote healthy lifestyles across all patient populations. ARC/STSA - correct answer -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. ANSI - correct answer -American National Standards Institute. An organization that establishes business ands health standards to serve as a baseline for assessment. Assistant Circulator - correct answer -The surgical technologist in the non-sterile 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 - correct answer -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 - correct answer -Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education programs. Accredits health science programs,including those for surgical technology. Certification - correct answer -Acknowledgement by a private agency that a person has achieved a minimum level of knowledge and skill. Certification is usually established by graduation from an accredited intuition and passing a written examination. Certification does not confer legal status. Continuing Education - correct answer -More formally called professional development. It demonstrates an ongoing learning process in the individuals profession. Continuing Education(CE) credits are provided by a professional organization. Credits are earned by attending lectures and in-service presentations or by study and examination. CST - correct answer -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 - correct answer -Certified Surgical Technologist-certified first assistant. A surgical technologist with advanced training who has successfully passed the certification examination for surgical first assistants. Licensure - correct answer -Professional status,granted by state government, which defines the limits (scope) of practice and regulates those who hold a license. National Certifying Examination for Surgical Technologists - correct answer -A comprehensive written examination required for official certification by the association of Surgical Technologists,developed by the NBSTSA. NBSTSA - correct answer -National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical assisting. The NBSTSA (formerly the liaison Council on certification for the surgical technologist) is responsible for all Certification-related decisions, such as eligibility, renewal, and revocation, as well as developing the certification examination. NCCT - correct answer -Nation Center for Competency Testing. A nonprofit organization that provides a certification examination for the programs accredited by the NCCA.
A new profession was born in the Army for the corpsmen; it was named - correct answer -ORT The association of perioperative Registered Nurses(AORN) published a book called - correct answer - Teaching the Operating room Technician In ____________the AORN board of directors created the - correct answer -In 1968,Association of Operating Room Technicians. AORT stands for - correct answer -Association of Operating room Technicians The surgical technologists professional organization that supports students and graduates is - correct answer -AST At the national level. AST provides the following support to students and graduates of surgical technologist, teaching institutions, and the public: - correct answer -Maintains practice standards, code of ethics, and code of conduct for the surgical technologist. publishes a professional journal, The surgical Technologist /holds annual conferences for surgical technologist and educators. It is important for students to become active members of AST to promote - correct answer -standards of the profession Which of the following organizations oversees certification qualifications, testing, and credentialing for the surgical technologist - correct answer -NBSTSA Accreditation is granted to a school only after - correct answer -full on site visit Surgical technologists are trained in - correct answer -2 year colleges, military, proprietary certificate programs Suzie has taken the CST examination and passed. For Suzie to keep her certification without retaking the examination, she must do one of the following. - correct answer -Maintain continuing education credits (CE)
The nonsterile member of the surgical team is called - correct answer -circulator The larger picture casts the surgical technologists role as a combination of four main areas of healthcare