HUC Chapter 8 Study Guide Exam Questions And Actual Answers.
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A patient's chart is labeled with name alert when: - Answer two patients on a nursing unit have similarly spelled last names (or the same name).
Labeling patients' charts with name alert is a method of alerting staff when two or more patients with the same or similarly spelled last names are ...
HUC Chapter 8 Study Guide Exam
Questions And Actual Answers.
A patient's chart is labeled with name alert when: - Answer two patients on a nursing unit have
similarly spelled last names (or the same name).
Labeling patients' charts with name alert is a method of alerting staff when two or more patients with
the same or similarly spelled last names are located on a nursing unit.
The health unit coordinator (HUC) would view the patient's chart as primarily: - Answer a means of
communication between the doctor and the hospital staff.
The patient's paper chart or electronic medical record (EMR) serves many purposes, but for an HUC, the
chart/record is seen mainly as a means of communication between the doctor and the hospital staff.
Guidelines for writing on a patient's paper chart include which of the following? - Answer Handwritten
progress notes, electrocardiograms (EKGs), and outside records and reports must be scanned into the
patient's EMR.
Handwritten progress notes, EKGs, and outside records and reports must be scanned into the EMR
If you see 2400 noted in a patient's chart as the time when a patient was given a drug, this means that: -
Answer the drug was given at midnight, and this was recorded using military time.
Military time is a system that uses all 24 hours in a day (each hour has its own name) rather than
repeating hours and using AM and PM; 12:00 midnight is written as 2400 in military time.
The Admission Service Agreement or Conditions of Admission contains: - Answer legal permission to
treat the patient and a financial agreement.
, The Admission Service Agreement or Conditions of Admission provides legal permission to the
hospital/doctor to treat the patient and also serves as a financial agreement.
The paper admission packet contains patient forms typical for each patient hospital encounter. Which of
the following forms is used for each patient admission? - Answer Nurses' admission record
The nurses' admission record usually precedes or leads into the nurses' notes. The patient, upon
admission to the nursing unit, answers printed questions on the form. A member of the nursing care
team also compiles a short nursing history from the patient or family member regarding the patient's
daily living activities, present illness, and medications the patient is taking. Also recorded on the nurses'
admission history form are the patient's vital signs, height and weight, and any allergies to food or
medications.
The patient is receiving medication because his blood sugar is regularly too high. The nurse is required to
check his blood sugar at regular intervals. When paper charts are used, this information will be written
on the: - Answer diabetic record.
The diabetic record is a supplemental chart form placed in the charts of patients who are receiving
medication for diabetes. The results of blood tests performed to monitor the effects of diabetic
medications are also recorded on the diabetic record. When the EMR is implemented, the information
will be entered into a similar computerized form in the patient's electronic record.
A surgery (or procedure) consent form, a legal agreement, is prepared by the HUC prior to the patient's
surgery or invasive procedure. Which of the following is TRUE regarding this form? - Answer When the
EMR is used, a signed surgical or medical procedure consent form is scanned into the patient's EMR.
When paper charts are used, signed consent forms are filed in the patient's chart. When the EMR is
implemented, all printed or handwritten signed consent forms are scanned into the patient's EMR by the
HUC.
Legal rules governing proper obtaining of a surgical or medical invasive procedural consent include which
of the following? - Answer The patient must be mentally competent.
The patient must be mentally competent when signing a surgical or procedural consent form
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