Workbook for Surgical Technology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition

• EXPANDED! More than 70 skills performance checklists allow students to assess their own skills, helping prepare them for the certification examination.
• NEW! Exercises covering new content on dynamic topics, including professionalism, equipment and technology, robotics and lasers, and advances in orthopedic, cardiovascular, and neurological surgeries, ensures that students are exposed to the most current information and evidence-based practice.
• Correlates chapter-by-chapter to the text so students can use the Workbook seamlessly as they use the text and gain extra opportunities for practice to help ensure comprehension.
• EXPANDED! Additional labeling exercises provide more practice to improve students’ comprehension, especially regarding positioning, draping, and instruments.
• IMPROVED! More types of practice questions, encompassing recall, comprehension, and application, help better assess student comprehension.
• Robust practice opportunities include labeling activities and terminology review, fill in the blank, short-answer, and multiple-choice questions to help reinforce the learning outcomes, key terminology, and important concepts through active engagement and assessment of content mastery.
• Case studies feature related questions and present realistic clinical situations or scenarios that challenge students to expand their critical thinking skills and apply what they learn.
• Perforated pages allow students to remove some or all competency sheets for use in clinical evaluation settings. Pages can also be used for assessment and turned in at your discretion.

• EXPANDED! More than 70 skills performance checklists allow you to assess your own skills, helping prepare you for the certification examination.
• NEW! Exercises cover new content on dynamic topics, including professionalism, equipment and technology, robotics and lasers, and advances in orthopedic, cardiovascular, and neurological surgeries, ensures that you are exposed to the most current information and evidence-based practice.
• IMPROVED! More types of practice questions, encompassing recall, comprehension, and application, help better assess your comprehension.
• EXPANDED! Additional labeling exercises provide more practice to improve your comprehension, especially regarding positioning, draping, and instruments.

PART I: SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY PRINCIPLES
1. The Surgical Technologist
2. Communication and Teamwork
3. Law, Documentation, and Professional Ethics
4. The Health Care Facility
5. The Patient  
6. Diagnostic and Assessment Procedures  
7. Environmental Hazards  
8. Microbes and the Process of Infection  
9. The Principles and Practice of Aseptic Technique  
10. Decontamination, Sterilization, and Disinfection 
11. Surgical Instruments  
12. Perioperative Pharmacology  
13. Anesthesia and Physiological Monitoring  
14. Postanesthesia Recovery  
15. Death and Dying  
16. Physics and Information Technology  
17. Energy Sources in Surgery  
18. Moving, Handling, and Positioning the Surgical Patient  
19. Surgical Skin Preparation and Draping  
20. Case Planning and Intraoperative Procedures  
21. Management of the Surgical Wound  

PART II: SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE
22. Minimally Invasive Endoscopic and Robotic-Assisted Surgery 
23. General Surgery 
24. Gynecological and Obstetrical Surgery  
25. Genitourinary Surgery 
26. Ophthalmic Surgery  
27. Surgery of the Ear, Nose, Pharynx, and Larynx  
28. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery  
29. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery  
30. Orthopedic Surgery  
31. Peripheral Vascular Surgery  
32. Thoracic and Pulmonary Surgery  
33. Cardiac Surgery  
34. Pediatric Surgery  
35. Neurosurgery  
36. Emergency Trauma Surgery  
37. Disaster Preparedness and Response