Quiz 1: Chapter 1-4

Which of the following terms is used to describe surgical intervention that does not have to be performed immediately or within a short period of time, for example, a torn meniscus repair?

Elective surgery

Which of the following historical figures developed the first x-ray machine?

Roentgen

Which organization develops national certification exams for surgical technologists and surgical first assistants and confers the appropriate credential to eligible certificates?

NBSTST

In or by which of the four components of communication would "decoding" take place?

Receiver

Which type of consent applies when emergency circumstances exist when reasonable providers believe that a patient would agree to treatment, even if no form was signed or verbal permission given?

Implied

Which of the following terms describes a civil wrong that may be intentional or unintentional?

Tort

Which of the following diagnoses is currently used in most jurisdictions of the world to define a state of irreversible death?

whole brain death

Which of the following is NOT one of the "Five Stages of Grief"?

Repression

Maslow's research produced a hierarchical structure of ____________.

Human progression

For what type of research was Elizabeth Kubler-Ross best known?

Five stages of grief

What is the MOST common type of shock seen in infants and children?

Septic

What is a coping mechanism often seen in children reacting to trauma?

Regression

What is the usual cause of a clavicular fracture of a neonate during a vaginal delivery?

shoulder dystocia

A document in which a person gives instructions about his or her medical care in the event that the individual cannot speak is a/an:

advanced directive

If a patient falls because he or she was left unattended, the OR team member could be cited in a lawsuit for:

Abandonment

The legal document signed by the patient before surgery is a/an:

Informed consent

Accreditation for surgical technology program is done by:

CAAHEP

Ethics is defined as:

A moral obligation that one person owes another person

The legal doctrine that mandates every professional nurse and technician to carry our their duties according to national standards of care practices throughout the country is the:

Doctrine of reasonable man

Place the five stages of group dynamics in order:

1. Performing 2. Storming 3. Adjourning 4. Norming 5. Forming

5. Forming, 2. Storming, 4. Norming, 1. Performing, 3. Adjourning

Place the five stages of Maslow's hierarchy in order from simple to complex.

1. Love and belongings 2. Safety needs 3. Self-Actualization 4. Physiological needs 5. Self-esteem

4. Physiological needs 2. Safety Needs 1. Love and Belongings 5. Self-esteem 3. Self-Actualization

The purpose of OSHA is to:

Ensure safe and healthful working conditions

What stage of grief is occurring when the patient may secretly try to make a deal with God or another higher power in an attempt to postpone the inevitable?

Bargaining

According to Maslow, physiological needs are

The most basic of needs

Who introduced the five stages of grief in a book titled On Death and Dying?

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

An ethical and professional motivation that regulates a professional's behavior regarding disease transmission, admitting mistakes and doing what is right for the patient is called:

Surgical conscience

Which of the following torts would be classified as unintentional?

Foreign bodies left in patient

What type of procedure or care provides a terminal patient with symptom relief or avoidance and improves quality of the remaining life expectancy?

palliative

A patient undergoing bariatric surgery may require extra time for general anesthetic reversal because anesthetic agents may be accumulated in and slowly eliminated from what type of tissue?

Adipose fat

The AST Code of Ethics includes all of the following except:

All of the above are true; there are no exceptions listed

-maintaining the highest standards of professional conduct and patient care

-always following the principles of asepsis

-respecting and protecting the patients legal and moral right to quality patient care