Surgical Technician Program
With California's leading Surgical Technology Training Program, CNI College offers a 48-week surgical tech educational program to prepare you for the Surgical Tech National Certification Exam. Our faculty and professional staff are dedicated to making your learning experience rewarding and helping you achieve your career goal of entering the exciting world of surgical technology.
CNI's Surgical Tech Training Program is accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). High school graduation is required for admission. The CNI educational program lasts 48 weeks and includes hands-on surgical tech training in a "surgical room environment." Day and Evening Classes available.
If you have any questions we are here to help you in your journey to pursue an exciting, rewarding and professional career. CNI College's Surgical Tech Training program has helped prepare students for the National Certification Exam.
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Course Overview
Most employers prefer to hire a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST). Surgical techs need manual dexterity to handle instruments quickly. They also must be conscientious, orderly, and emotionally stable to handle the demands of the operating room environment. Surgical Technologists must respond quickly and be able to anticipate procedures and have instruments ready for surgeons without being told. They are expected to keep abreast of new developments in the field. CNI's Surgical Tech Training program helps the student prepare for all of these challenges. The Surgical Technology Training program also prepares students with the knowledge needed to pass the National Certification Exam. Recommended high school courses include health, biology, chemistry, and mathematics.
Surgical Technologists advance by specializing in a particular area of surgery, such as neurosurgery or open heart surgery. They also may work as circulating surgical techs. A circulating technologist is the "unsterile" member of the surgical team who prepares patients; helps with anesthesia; obtains and opens packages for the "sterile" persons to remove the sterile contents during the procedure; interviews the patient before surgery; keeps a written account of the surgical procedure; and answers the surgeon's questions about the patient during the surgery. With additional surgical tech training, some technologists advance to first assistants, who help with retracting, sponging, suturing, cauterizing bleeders, and closing and treating wounds. Some surgical technologists manage central supply departments in hospitals, or take positions with insurance companies, sterile supply services, and operating equipment firms.