I'm currently a Surgical Tech student in the midst of clinicals. Five years after this video was posted, A LOT of hospitals are now recognizing the NCCT.
I have worked in NY and PA as staff and as a traveler. Neither the hospitals (nor staffing agencies) know the difference between NCCT & NBSTSA. All they want to know is are you certified. I've never had a problem getting a job and I have NCCT ST-C because that's all my school offered. Thanks for this video.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! I'm the same way! Working at hospitals and I'm on an assignment through an agency and never had a problem getting a job with my NCCT as well! All these hospitals wants to know like you said is if you're CERTIFIED!!! And Skilled! These ppl are making letters bigger than what the are!! It's about that certification#.
@@riniaberry4719 Hi ladies!! Thank you for sharing. I am just starting my journey to obtaining my certification. I'm looking into a program that offers NCCT TS-C, and have been considering it. And honestly, this video has been making me kind of nervous to choose that route. My goal is to pick up some travel jobs in California and Florida. You really don't feel like they would nitpick over the CST and TS-C??
@@lorenn.9979 I say go for it! I've had several job offers or in Cali with an NCCT certification. They're not going ask you which certification you have. What they will ask is if you're certified! Good luck to you!
I dont know if it's because this video is older, but he's incorrect about the NCCT. Hospitals in states that require certification will accept either. Anyone that has an NCCT will tell this. They never differentiate between the two. NCCTs ARE in fact nationally reconized and can work in every state. I've never heard of a "certificate raise", but if they didn't give a raise to an NCCT employee but all the NBSTSAs got one, I'd say she had grounds for a lawsuit. EDIT: I also wanted to add that the NCCT is great for non certified employees who have been grandfathered in at a state the started requiring certification after they started working. You can sit for the NCCT exam simply by having experience. That alone is a huge benefit for techs stuck at one hospital because the laws changed after they started working.
FYI, NBSTSA was formed in 1974 but was originally called the LCC-ST (Liason Council on Certification for Surgical Technology). They changed their name to NBSTSA in 2006.
I'm NCCT certified!!! I honestly never heard of NCCT until I went to my school... With the CE every year, they charge you a $77 fee and you can get the material to read online and eligible to take the test after each reading online as well....it's a shame that even though it says NATIONAL in the title, it's not... I worked very hard for years to get the opportunity to work in an OR... for 2 years I really wondered WHY I couldn't find a job in the OR and I found out why... it was because of my NCCT certification😔.... I feel blessed that someone decided to give me a chance and hired me, even with my certification, I never thought about if possibly there is a pay difference between other techs and I. Mayb I should research
Hello i am in school for surgical technology and my school advertised becoming a cst but i am halfway and now just finding out that they are only accredited by ncct, so i would become a tsc. If i graduate as a tsc is there a way once im done with school to be a cst?
@@NancyLopez-wy8rt I've been researching this and so far it looks like there is no shortcut or award for prior training for a CST. But, some first assistant programs will give you credit for your TSC and let you start the First Assist training without having a CST.
Soooo helpful. I’ve been looking at schools and didn’t think the different certifications would matter. If I hadn’t seen this, and looked into the accepted certification by hospitals around me, I would’ve made the wrong decision. I’m sure the knowledge is the same but it’s all about being able to get the job, and for me that means CST.
The Surgical Tech school I want to attend is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). Would that fall under NCCT or CST? Also, I love all your videos! I'm inspired to start Surgical Tech school. Thank you!
I wanted to share my experience on this comparison as a 35 year experienced scrub NCCT was the only option that allowed an experience track to obtain certification. NBSTSA does not allow for certification testing based on verifiable experience. Just thought I would share that difference between the two. For those of us that have been scrubbing since 1985 and work for hospitals that have become magnet facilities, NCCT is our only option for becoming certified surgical techs. I really enjoy your videos. I find them relevant and informative. Keep up the good work! Would really like to meet you some day.
So are you saying the NCCT is a good choice as well? I just want to be certified once I graduate and have a job with equal pay. I’m stuck in between the two. I have a classmate that passed her NCCT April 1st and got a job right away on April 11. I just want to be sure I have my credentials all together.
And I would also like to add that all military trained surgical techs are far more advanced in their capabilities in the OR that they are most often compared to PA's. But the only certification that they are able to receive is through NCCT. NBSTA is nothing but an oversized bully. The bottom line is that it's wrong for a company to group everything outside their door as a problem. They should focus on certain medical facilities and their practices in letting just anyone profession jump in and do our job.
I didn't really know what I want to do until I got a job in hospital. I worked in surgical unit in OR as medical secretary ( I hope that counts here). That moment was crucial for me. I realized I love it! I just loved it!. I had goose bumps in OR and I was so thrilled working there so I decided to study medicine. I was that time 32. I'm from Poland and I have to tell you it's not easy to study when you're over 30 in my country. Few years later I moved to US and I really appreciate I can live here. It's an amazing country with a lot of opportunities for people like me. Your videos are so helpful! thank you so much for doing that!
Great video, would be great if you can review the differences between the different Surgical Assisting certifications (CSFA, CSA, SA-C). I am currently enrolled in a SA program and I'm trying to figure out what route to take regarding certification.
Sean, the reason that NCCT, certified techs can't be called CSTs is that , that title is registered and patented by AST. NO one else can use that title unless they are certified by NBSTSA (previously known as LCC-ST).
Ncct is accredited and nationally recognized. And we as well as you can be taken to court. I have malpractice insurance and we are offered FA opportunities. And can practice anywhere in the U.S. and above all do no harm.
Here in California there are no requirements for scrubbing. I was trained on the job and got the NCCT after 3 years. I can work in all but a handful of states that explicitly have laws against getting trained on the job. Even in those states there are grandfathering exceptions if you have worked long enough. I am very thankful that I did not pay for a training program that may or may not prepare you for the OR. The OR has a steep learning curve and most of the new grads we hired did not know as much as they thought they did. Some only lasted a couple of months.
Maybe you should clarify your title and put same with same. TS-C vs CST, since those are both credentials, compared to NCCT vs NBSTSA (certifying bodies)
+Melody Montano I was originally going to title the video NCCT vs NBSTSA. The thing is, everyone recognizes it as CST cert vs NCCT cert, and no one knows what TS-C is. So I used the most simple title people could recognize.
I get that, but unfortunately if we don't provide correct acronyms and teach who are certifying bodies, accrediting bodies, and just organizations, like AST people will continue to be confused. That is why so many people don't know about TS-C because it is not used correctly when referring to Tech in Surgery-Certified. Just a suggestion if you are going to help educate.
+Melody Montano my thoughts exactly. The title is only used to grab people in to watch the video. When you watch the video, I educate you on explaining the difference, exactly what you just said. Even explaining the common misconception we are talking about of TS-C vs CST and such.
Thank you for this video!! This was hugely helpful in verifying that the school I'm preparing to attend is indeed accredited. Their website... isn't stellar, so it was hard to tell, lol.
NBTSA sounds like a money hungry machine, NCCT sounds like they are more concerned about you staying certified and up to date, no room for laziness. You'd think that would be wanted more by hospitals than your ability to work out all that money to a place who only makes you reup every 4 yrs
I absolutely love you videos. I'm going to apply for surgical tech in my community college. I wanted to get to RN program so I took all pre-requisites for that and now I'm watching your videos and I changed my mind. Actually I was always into surgical things. I didn't
I’m a sterile processing tech traveler. Next year I’m going to TS-C school but I already found out that my agency won’t accept NCCT as travelers. Please share which agencies do?
I’m an OR RN can’t find a job in my location in the OR lots of experience, fun to work with an asset to any Operating Room. Not a cardiac RN please respond if you are in Vegas/Henderson NV 🙏🏽
whats it mean if the program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs? and the exam pass rate for 2016 was 67%.
I got a bachelor degree in surgical instrumentation in Colombia. After4 years at the university. Now I am living in US and I am working on get a certified of my credits. Of course I would like to get it from the board. But I don’t have choose. I have to get it from NCCT.
I'm trying to decide whether or not to go to an 10-month ROP program that partners with my local community college. It's FREE however, the accreditation they use is NCCT. I live on Orange County, California and was wondering if I will have a hard time finding work after school. I'm 26 and don't want to waste 10months plus 500 clinical hours if I will have no job outlook. I love ur vids btw brother! High quality, entertaining, and very thorough. Keep it up!
Is that because you're possibly affiliated with AST/NBSTSA or your genuine experience working in the field? My bad, I have to ask because every medical professional favors their own credentials/career. Ppl tell me don't do CST, be an RN. Don't be an RN, do respritory, Etc
Not affiliated with anyone nor with AST, in fact I emailed them to see if I could do an interview for the channel and they turned me down HAHA. Its just a simple fact that not every hospital out there in America recognizes NCCT. We had a tech join our hospital a few years back, she had her NCCT certification and my hospital organization does not recognize that certification. She lost out on an extra $5/hr because she was deemed a "non certified tech". Now i'm not saying this is something that happens everywhere, but it did happen from personal experience.
Okay thank you so much for the insight. Free surgical tech training really appeal to me over taking out a $20-30k loan. Alot of the ROPs in my area use NCCT and it seems like the for-profit career colleges use CAAHEP/NBSTSA. Thanks again. PS. AST's loss
Hello I have a question, Do you think going into the military 68 delta, operating room technologist, For experience and will I be able to use certificate from the army?
I had the CST certification for 4 years but when it came time to renew it, my wife had lost her job. I didn’t have the $ to re-certify. My facility has not retaliated against me because I was hired before it was required. I do know though, that if I leave I won’t get hired anywhere else. I have to take the exam over but I’m worried that I will pay the 400$ and fail it because I work in an ortho only facility and I’ve forgotten a lot of general and other procedures. I will make an attempt at the exam again this year. I’m going to purchase a test app to help me review my studies.
@@zuezsz I didn’t have enough that month. I needed to either pay my car insurance or my re-certification. And my wife was out pending an investigation so she wasn’t paid for over 3 months. She was exonerated and then was able to go back to work. She had been falsely accused but because she worked for the city, she could not sue or get any lost wages.
@@waxy1277 Not true, many states have pass legislation only accepting NBSTSA, CST certification. MA, CT, look online. And if you want to travel you need to be a CST
+Gabrielle Martin AST is not a certifying agency, they are an advocacy group for surgical techs. NBSTSA is the national certifying agency that AST endorses.
Technically yes, but certified under the NCCT not NBSTSA. They are different certifying organizations and the certification for the NCCT is not accepted at every hospital.
I'm a tech with NCCT certification. I've worked in many states and never had a problem with my certification. After almost 19 years of experience I've decided to travel with my career. Some states have chosen to grandfather me in and give me a pass for not having my NBSTA. But recently I was looked over. And I'm so angry about it. With every career that requires schooling (which I believe is highly necessary) a lot of it is thrown out the window because it's on the job training that allows your skills to blossom. The problem is when hospitals allow cna or dental techs to work in the OR and be grouped with the rest of us.
Hi I was going to start at concorde for Surgical Tech. They are accredited with CAAHEP. What are your thoughts. I just wanna make a good choice please help!!
How much math and what type of math is involved in school and on the exam if any and if you could give me study tips/book recommendation for math being that a struggle in this area
I'm currently a Surgical Tech student in the midst of clinicals. Five years after this video was posted, A LOT of hospitals are now recognizing the NCCT.
Exactly, my hospital doesn’t require certification. If you have your experience.
I have worked in NY and PA as staff and as a traveler. Neither the hospitals (nor staffing agencies) know the difference between NCCT & NBSTSA. All they want to know is are you certified. I've never had a problem getting a job and I have NCCT ST-C because that's all my school offered. Thanks for this video.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! I'm the same way! Working at hospitals and I'm on an assignment through an agency and never had a problem getting a job with my NCCT as well! All these hospitals wants to know like you said is if you're CERTIFIED!!! And Skilled! These ppl are making letters bigger than what the are!! It's about that certification#.
And I've been a tech 15yrs!
@@riniaberry4719 12 years here
@@riniaberry4719 Hi ladies!! Thank you for sharing. I am just starting my journey to obtaining my certification. I'm looking into a program that offers NCCT TS-C, and have been considering it. And honestly, this video has been making me kind of nervous to choose that route. My goal is to pick up some travel jobs in California and Florida. You really don't feel like they would nitpick over the CST and TS-C??
@@lorenn.9979 I say go for it! I've had several job offers or in Cali with an NCCT certification. They're not going ask you which certification you have. What they will ask is if you're certified! Good luck to you!
I dont know if it's because this video is older, but he's incorrect about the NCCT. Hospitals in states that require certification will accept either. Anyone that has an NCCT will tell this. They never differentiate between the two. NCCTs ARE in fact nationally reconized and can work in every state.
I've never heard of a "certificate raise", but if they didn't give a raise to an NCCT employee but all the NBSTSAs got one, I'd say she had grounds for a lawsuit.
EDIT: I also wanted to add that the NCCT is great for non certified employees who have been grandfathered in at a state the started requiring certification after they started working. You can sit for the NCCT exam simply by having experience. That alone is a huge benefit for techs stuck at one hospital because the laws changed after they started working.
FYI, NBSTSA was formed in 1974 but was originally called the LCC-ST (Liason Council on Certification for Surgical Technology). They changed their name to NBSTSA in 2006.
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I'm NCCT certified!!! I honestly never heard of NCCT until I went to my school... With the CE every year, they charge you a $77 fee and you can get the material to read online and eligible to take the test after each reading online as well....it's a shame that even though it says NATIONAL in the title, it's not... I worked very hard for years to get the opportunity to work in an OR... for 2 years I really wondered WHY I couldn't find a job in the OR and I found out why... it was because of my NCCT certification😔.... I feel blessed that someone decided to give me a chance and hired me, even with my certification, I never thought about if possibly there is a pay difference between other techs and I. Mayb I should research
+LadyHype821 that great to hear you were able to get a position even after 2 years of trying. Good for you for staying steadfast in that.
Hello i am in school for surgical technology and my school advertised becoming a cst but i am halfway and now just finding out that they are only accredited by ncct, so i would become a tsc. If i graduate as a tsc is there a way once im done with school to be a cst?
@@NancyLopez-wy8rt I've been researching this and so far it looks like there is no shortcut or award for prior training for a CST. But, some first assistant programs will give you credit for your TSC and let you start the First Assist training without having a CST.
@@WeirdLittleDreams do you know which programs would accept that?
Soooo helpful. I’ve been looking at schools and didn’t think the different certifications would matter. If I hadn’t seen this, and looked into the accepted certification by hospitals around me, I would’ve made the wrong decision. I’m sure the knowledge is the same but it’s all about being able to get the job, and for me that means CST.
The Surgical Tech school I want to attend is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). Would that fall under NCCT or CST? Also, I love all your videos! I'm inspired to start Surgical Tech school. Thank you!
+Melanie Pascual you will be able to sit for either certification going through a CAAHEP accredited school.
I wanted to share my experience on this comparison as a 35 year experienced scrub NCCT was the only option that allowed an experience track to obtain certification. NBSTSA does not allow for certification testing based on verifiable experience.
Just thought I would share that difference between the two. For those of us that have been scrubbing since 1985 and work for hospitals that have become magnet facilities, NCCT is our only option for becoming certified surgical techs.
I really enjoy your videos. I find them relevant and informative. Keep up the good work!
Would really like to meet you some day.
So are you saying the NCCT is a good choice as well? I just want to be certified once I graduate and have a job with equal pay. I’m stuck in between the two. I have a classmate that passed her NCCT April 1st and got a job right away on April 11. I just want to be sure I have my credentials all together.
And I would also like to add that all military trained surgical techs are far more advanced in their capabilities in the OR that they are most often compared to PA's. But the only certification that they are able to receive is through NCCT. NBSTA is nothing but an oversized bully. The bottom line is that it's wrong for a company to group everything outside their door as a problem. They should focus on certain medical facilities and their practices in letting just anyone profession jump in and do our job.
I absolutely love his videos. This is so helpful amazing information & very informative.
I didn't really know what I want to do until I got a job in hospital. I worked in surgical unit in OR as medical secretary ( I hope that counts here). That moment was crucial for me. I realized I love it! I just loved it!. I had goose bumps in OR and I was so thrilled working there so I decided to study medicine. I was that time 32. I'm from Poland and I have to tell you it's not easy to study when you're over 30 in my country. Few years later I moved to US and I really appreciate I can live here. It's an amazing country with a lot of opportunities for people like me. Your videos are so helpful! thank you so much for doing that!
I’m in surgical tech school now .. they only of NCCT . I check the hospital and they accept NCCT
Great video, would be great if you can review the differences between the different Surgical Assisting certifications (CSFA, CSA, SA-C). I am currently enrolled in a SA program and I'm trying to figure out what route to take regarding certification.
Sean, the reason that NCCT, certified techs can't be called CSTs is that , that title is registered and patented by AST. NO one else can use that title unless they are certified by NBSTSA (previously known as LCC-ST).
I just pass my NBSTSA
Ncct is accredited and nationally recognized. And we as well as you can be taken to court. I have malpractice insurance and we are offered FA opportunities. And can practice anywhere in the U.S. and above all do no harm.
Here in California there are no requirements for scrubbing. I was trained on the job and got the NCCT after 3 years. I can work in all but a handful of states that explicitly have laws against getting trained on the job. Even in those states there are grandfathering exceptions if you have worked long enough. I am very thankful that I did not pay for a training program that may or may not prepare you for the OR. The OR has a steep learning curve and most of the new grads we hired did not know as much as they thought they did. Some only lasted a couple of months.
I'm in California is this still an option? Do you know what hospital have this type of program?
You have your certification. You can work in those states as well. That's only for techs with experience that do not have a certification.
As an update, the NBSTSA has recently modified their recertification to a 2yr cycle.
Maybe you should clarify your title and put same with same. TS-C vs CST, since those are both credentials, compared to NCCT vs NBSTSA (certifying bodies)
+Melody Montano I was originally going to title the video NCCT vs NBSTSA. The thing is, everyone recognizes it as CST cert vs NCCT cert, and no one knows what TS-C is. So I used the most simple title people could recognize.
I get that, but unfortunately if we don't provide correct acronyms and teach who are certifying bodies, accrediting bodies, and just organizations, like AST people will continue to be confused. That is why so many people don't know about TS-C because it is not used correctly when referring to Tech in Surgery-Certified. Just a suggestion if you are going to help educate.
+Melody Montano my thoughts exactly. The title is only used to grab people in to watch the video. When you watch the video, I educate you on explaining the difference, exactly what you just said. Even explaining the common misconception we are talking about of TS-C vs CST and such.
+Melody Montano I have to use a common title that the majority will understand, or no one would watch the video and learn about the true differences.
Just a suggestion to keep like with like, I think people would understand NCCT vs NBSTSA, both certifying bodies.
Thank you for this video!! This was hugely helpful in verifying that the school I'm preparing to attend is indeed accredited. Their website... isn't stellar, so it was hard to tell, lol.
glad it could help!
NBTSA sounds like a money hungry machine, NCCT sounds like they are more concerned about you staying certified and up to date, no room for laziness. You'd think that would be wanted more by hospitals than your ability to work out all that money to a place who only makes you reup every 4 yrs
I absolutely love you videos. I'm going to apply for surgical tech in my community college. I wanted to get to RN program so I took all pre-requisites for that and now I'm watching your videos and I changed my mind. Actually I was always into surgical things. I didn't
I’m a sterile processing tech traveler. Next year I’m going to TS-C school but I already found out that my agency won’t accept NCCT as travelers. Please share which agencies do?
Thanks... So its basically a cash grab
I live in Chicago there only offering nnct
I’m an OR RN can’t find a job in my location in the OR lots of experience, fun to work with an asset to any Operating Room. Not a cardiac RN please respond if you are in Vegas/Henderson NV 🙏🏽
whats it mean if the program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs? and the exam pass rate for 2016 was 67%.
+Kaitlyn the acronym for that is CAAHEP. The exam in question is the NBSTSA exam and has a 67% pass rate to become a CST.
Would you be able to do an a update on this video pls…
100% I will.
NCCT does offer on line CE credit on there website. My certification is from NCCT. NCCT also update there CE credits every year.
I got a bachelor degree in surgical instrumentation in Colombia. After4 years at the university. Now I am living in US and I am working on get a certified of my credits. Of course I would like to get it from the board. But I don’t have choose. I have to get it from NCCT.
I’m taking my NCCT exam tomorrow I bought the study guide from their website I am super nervous for it :/
Hello! Did you pass your NCCT exam? Were you able to find a job afterwards?
How did the test go? Was their study guide worth it? What was your experience before hand?
I currently work in WA and don't have a certification and want to get certified. Your video was very helpful! Thank you!
I'm surgical technician...
From Pakistan how I will be eligible to work in USA...
How i will be certified...plz guide me..
Watching this to make sure I’m on track. Right now Nationally Board CPhT but going to school for CST.
Great video I start July for the CST
Can I take the NBSTSA after I’ve taken the NCCT?
yes, after you are certified
Do any of you have any advice I have failed the NCCT by one each time I am honestly losing hope
thanks for the clarification, great vid
What do you think about health tech academy. They have a surgical tech program and you can take the NCCT exam. Do you think its worth it?
I just did it with them . I take my NCCT exam Jan
I'm trying to decide whether or not to go to an 10-month ROP program that partners with my local community college. It's FREE however, the accreditation they use is NCCT. I live on Orange County, California and was wondering if I will have a hard time finding work after school. I'm 26 and don't want to waste 10months plus 500 clinical hours if I will have no job outlook. I love ur vids btw brother! High quality, entertaining, and very thorough. Keep it up!
Personally, I wouldn't waste my time with an NCCT school, and I would suggest you don't either.
Is that because you're possibly affiliated with AST/NBSTSA or your genuine experience working in the field? My bad, I have to ask because every medical professional favors their own credentials/career. Ppl tell me don't do CST, be an RN. Don't be an RN, do respritory, Etc
Not affiliated with anyone nor with AST, in fact I emailed them to see if I could do an interview for the channel and they turned me down HAHA. Its just a simple fact that not every hospital out there in America recognizes NCCT. We had a tech join our hospital a few years back, she had her NCCT certification and my hospital organization does not recognize that certification. She lost out on an extra $5/hr because she was deemed a "non certified tech". Now i'm not saying this is something that happens everywhere, but it did happen from personal experience.
Okay thank you so much for the insight. Free surgical tech training really appeal to me over taking out a $20-30k loan. Alot of the ROPs in my area use NCCT and it seems like the for-profit career colleges use CAAHEP/NBSTSA. Thanks again. PS. AST's loss
@ Surgical Tech: Then the, National is just so you can move from State to State⁉
And ABSA ,American Board of Surgical Assistants
@ Surgical Tech: Can we or do we have the option to be Grandfather in⁉
Can you have both CST and NCCT?
thats what i'm trying to do both certifications
Hello I have a question, Do you think going into the military 68 delta, operating room technologist, For experience and will I be able to use certificate from the army?
Jacob Patterson Yes you will get credit for military courses. It’s called a JST.
I had the CST certification for 4 years but when it came time to renew it, my wife had lost her job. I didn’t have the $ to re-certify. My facility has not retaliated against me because I was hired before it was required. I do know though, that if I leave I won’t get hired anywhere else. I have to take the exam over but I’m worried that I will pay the 400$ and fail it because I work in an ortho only facility and I’ve forgotten a lot of general and other procedures. I will make an attempt at the exam again this year. I’m going to purchase a test app to help me review my studies.
Thyst1 you can used quizlet plenty of free questions you can practice
Werent u getting paid for being a surgeon teachnician
@@zuezsz Yes, and I still am.
@@Thyst1 is cuz u said u didnt have the money to renew it so i supposed u had money for it if u worked as a surgeon technician
@@zuezsz I didn’t have enough that month. I needed to either pay my car insurance or my re-certification. And my wife was out pending an investigation so she wasn’t paid for over 3 months. She was exonerated and then was able to go back to work. She had been falsely accused but because she worked for the city, she could not sue or get any lost wages.
For you what is the most important
NBSTSA/ CST
Don’t mind me asking what school did u go to
This is so helpful too, thank you!
Do you know if American Career college is an accredited school to go to for surgical tech and if so do hospitals hire from technical schools?
From what i heard some do
Which states do not accept NCCT?
NCCT is just as accepted as NBSTSA. Hospitals in states that required certification simply want you certified. They don't care if it's NCCT or NBSTSA.
@@waxy1277 Not true, many states have pass legislation only accepting NBSTSA, CST certification. MA, CT, look online. And if you want to travel you need to be a CST
Well can you get both?
Quite informative and precise.
Is getting certified through ast a national credited agency
+Gabrielle Martin AST is not a certifying agency, they are an advocacy group for surgical techs. NBSTSA is the national certifying agency that AST endorses.
So if you pass the ncct test are you still certified?
Technically yes, but certified under the NCCT not NBSTSA. They are different certifying organizations and the certification for the NCCT is not accepted at every hospital.
Is ncct apart of the ast?
AST endorses NBSTSA.
Jessie Stewart go nbstsa for your cst. It's better
I'm a tech with NCCT certification. I've worked in many states and never had a problem with my certification. After almost 19 years of experience I've decided to travel with my career. Some states have chosen to grandfather me in and give me a pass for not having my NBSTA. But recently I was looked over. And I'm so angry about it. With every career that requires schooling (which I believe is highly necessary) a lot of it is thrown out the window because it's on the job training that allows your skills to blossom. The problem is when hospitals allow cna or dental techs to work in the OR and be grouped with the rest of us.
Is there any online class for this?
There may be...I'm not familiar with any though.
how do you deal with the smells of the OR during surgery?
Hi I was going to start at concorde for Surgical Tech. They are accredited with CAAHEP. What are your thoughts. I just wanna make a good choice please help!!
+Destiny rivera CAAHEP is perfect! That is a good accredited school.
Great because that is the credentialing for the school I am looking into.
How is it going ?
+Destiny rivera
@@SurgicalTechTips what is caahep?
How much math and what type of math is involved in school and on the exam if any and if you could give me study tips/book recommendation for math being that a struggle in this area
There is no math, just a lot of questions based on what you learned in clinicals