HUC - Ch. 1 Test Review Exam
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CHUC - -Certified Health Unit Coordinator -CDSS - -Clinical Decision Support System -CPOE - -Computerized Physician Order Entry -HIMSS - -Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society -pt - -Patient -4 stages of HUC - -1. On-the-job-training 2. Formal training 3. Formation of a national association 4. Certification or licensure -Health unit coordinator (HUC) - -The health care team member who performs nonclinical patient care tasks for the nursing team; unit clerk / unit secretary; is usually first person encountered when one walks onto a hospital
nursing unit; has always been considered essential to the nursing team and to the effectiveness of the unit; coordinates activities on the unit -Nursing unit (wing / floor / pad / ward / station) - -An area within the hospital that includes equipment and nursing personnel available for the care of a given number of patients -Clinical tasks - -Direct patient care; performed at the bedside -Doctor's orders - -The health care that a doctor prescribes in writing for a hospitalized patient -Non-clinical tasks - -Indirect patient care; performed away from the bedside -Nurse's station - -The desk area of a nursing unit -Policies and Procedures - -Guidelines and hospital regulations found online or in a manual -Transcription - -A process used to communicate the doctor's orders to the nursing staff and other hospital departments; computers or handwritten requisitions are used
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