Professionalism

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Professionalism Employability Skills

• ST210
• Concorde Career College

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Workplace Management

• Objectives
• Identify the members of the surgical team and
  describe the functional responsibilities of each
  during the three phases of surgical case
  management
• List the chain of command in the surgical setting

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Workplace Management

• Objectives
• Outline the scope of practice for the surgical
  technologist and understand the behaviors
  necessary to function responsibility within that
  scope of practice
• List and describe related career opportunities
  for the surgical technologist

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Where are you?
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Workplace Management

• Members of the Surgical Team
• Surgeon
• Surgical Assistant
• Surgical Technologist
• Circulator
• Anesthesia Provider
• Ancillary Personnel

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Workplace Management

• Surgical Case Management
• Three Phases
• Preoperative
• Intraoperative
• Postoperative

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Workplace Management

• STSR Preoperative Case Management
• Don OR attire and PPE
• Gather necessary items
• Open sterile supplies
• Scrub, gown, and glove
• Organize the sterile field
• Count necessary items
• Assist team members to enter the sterile field
• Expose the operative site with sterile drapes

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Workplace Management

• STSR Intraoperative Case Management
• Passing instrumentation, equipment, and supplies
  to sterile team members
• Preparation and handling of pharmaceuticals
• Predicting the needs of the patient and other
  team members and preparing necessary items
• Counting necessary items
• Caring for specimens
• Applying dressings

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Workplace Management

• STSR Postoperative Case Management
• Maintain the sterile field until the patient is
  transported
• Remove used instruments, equipment, and supplies
  from the OR
• Caring and maintaining instruments, equipment,
  and supplies following use
• Preparing the OR for the next patient

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Workplace Management

• Chain of Command in the Surgical Setting
• Team members (according to the situation)
• Charge Nurse/Team Leader
• Director of Surgical Services
• Director of Nursing

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Workplace Management

• Scope of Practice for the Surgical Technologist
• BFOQ
• Job Description
• RSOP

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THE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST AS A PROFESSIONAL
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Workplace Management

• Responsible Behavior
• Conscientious
• Consistent Attendance
• Punctuality
• Understand Policy/Procedures
• Competent Skills
• Obey Rules
• Team Player-Cooperative
• Professional Commitment

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LIFESTYLE

• Knowledge
• Moral, Ethical, Legal and Professional
  obligations
• On Call
• Right to privacy
• Isolation from the general public

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JOB DESCRIPTION

• Job title
• Requirements
• Nature of position
• Duties
• Accountability
• Immediate supervisor

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EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

• Professional Organizations

• Credentials

• CAAHEP
• ARC/STSA
• NBSTSA
• AST
• ASA
• NSAA
• ABSA
• AORN
• AMA
• ACS
• IAHCSMM
• NCCA

• CST
• CSFA
• CSA
• SA-C
• CRCST
• Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology

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Workplace Management

• Career Opportunities
• Refer to Surgical Technology A Growing Career
  Brochure (Black Cover)

What about career advancement?
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• ST in specialized area
• Private Scrub
• Traveling ST
• Labor Delivery
• Veterinary Surgery
• Medical Sales
• Medical Device Clinical Educator
• Research Product Development
• Materials Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Sterile Processing
• Surgical First Assistant
• Educator

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Professional Management

• ST210
• Concorde Career College, Portland

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Professional Management

• Objectives
• Recognize the need for information, locate and
  evaluate information, apply and convey the
  information in a variety of formats
• Understand the importance of credentialing and
  distinguish between certification, registration,
  and licensure

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Professional Management

• Objectives
• Define the purpose for obtaining continuing
  education credits and describe the methods
  through which credits may be obtained
• List and describe the organizations that support
  surgical technology education and the profession

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Professional Management

• Objectives
• List and describe healthcare agencies related to
  the practice of surgical technology
• Define professionalism and begin to model
  professional behavior

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Professional Management

• Information
• Patient
• Family/friends/caregivers
• First response team members
• Lab/radiology reports

• Sources (Patient Care)
• Patients chart (current/previous)
• Medical records department
• Physician (primary care provider/surgeon)

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Professional Management

• Methods Utilized to Convey Information
• Written documents
• Verbal

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Professional Management

• Credentialing
• Certification
• Registration
• Licensure

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Professional Management

• Credentialing
• What is the importance of certification for the
  surgical technologist?

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Professional Management

• Credentialing
• How is certification for the surgical
  technologist achieved?
• NBSTSA (National Board of Surgical Technology and
  Surgical Assisting)
• Other Credentialing Organizations
• NCCT (National Center for Competency Testing)
• NHA (National Healthcareer Association)

Whats the difference between these credentials?
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Professional Management

• Credentialing
• Once achieved, how is certification for the
  surgical technologist maintained?
• NBSTSA
• NCCT

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Professional Management

• Professional Organizations
• AST
• ARC/STSA
• CAAHEP
• Credentialing organizations

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Professional Management

• Related Healthcare
• JC
• ACS
• AORN
• AAMI
• NIOSH
• OSHA
• ANSI
• AHA
• AMA
• CDC/FDA/NFPA/WHO

• Organizations/Agencies
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Private insurers
• HMOs
• PPO
• HCFA
• ASA, NSAA, ABSA
• Volunteer agencies

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Professional Management

• Professional Behavior
• Membership in professional association
• Certification
• Continuing education
• Community service
• Role model
• Moral/ethical behavior