HRSC 220: Unit Clerk Fundamentals Outcomes 1 to 5 || with
Accurate Answers 100%.
-Distribute mail
-Receptionist Duty
-Interacting with public
-Page Physicians, Nurse & therapist
-Answer patient call bells & phones
-Maintain current patient charts
-Manage inventory & order supplies
-Bed Transfers
-Admitting and Discharging patients electronically
-Communicating professionally w/ Coworkers
-Have face to face conversations with patients & family
-Check to see what orders needed to be completed correct answers Duties of a Unit Clerk
Scope of Practice correct answers Boundaries of a person(s) responsibility
# 1 Rule in Hospitals correct answers Keep Patients Safe
-Manages administration & communication
-Functions reception area
-House client charts, computers, telephones, fax, intercom controls & stationary
-Most unit clerk duties are done in this area correct answers Nursing Station
Pneumatic Tubing System correct answers Series of interconnecting tunnels nestled in between
walls. Contains small cylindrical containers w/ files and forms that will travel along this system
to present destination
Treatment Room correct answers Where professionals can perform examination & minor
procedures w/out having to take client out of unit
Soiled Utility Room correct answers Stores used medical items such as:
Soiled reusable equipment
Soiled disposable supplies
Medication Room correct answers Located close to Nursing station
, - Stocks medication, IV solutions & premixed pharmaceuticals
Can be stores in a cart or drawer
Storage Room correct answers Stores items such as:
Wheel chairs
IV pumps & poles
Stretchers
Large carts
etc...
Dictation Room correct answers Confidential environment for physician to dictate progress
notes, admission discharge notes, consultation notes and/or operative notes
Patient Teaching Room correct answers Room used for providing education to clients w/ regards
to any upcoming procedures
Housekeeping Supply Room correct answers Small area where housekeeping stores supplies
such as:
Pails
Mops
Other cleaning supplies
Shift Reporting/Handovers correct answers -Communication between shifts prior to direct
patient care
-Discusses newly admitted or discharged patients
-Reviews physicians orders
COACT correct answers Collaborative Care Team
- Unit organization for 161 units across Alberta, care hubs & shares responsibility for all patients
Goals of COACT correct answers To provide high quality care while allowing team to meet &
surpass goals in care & service delivery
Mobile storage device
-Contains medication & commonly used equipment correct answers What is a crash cart and
what does it contain
Defibrillator
ACLS medication
Incubation Supplies
Miscellaneous equipment(syringe, scalpel, catheters, etc...) correct answers Contents in a crash
cart
Administrative
Informational
Therapeutic
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