Health Unit Coordinator Final Exam
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alzheimers disease - Correct Answer ✅syomptoms include
confusion and hallucinations
The HUC performs most of his tasks at the bedside? True or
False? - Correct Answer ✅False
3 tasks the HUC would perform for nursing personnel are: -
Correct Answer ✅Answer incoming calls, Prepare patient
charts for discharge, Maintain patient charts
A certified HUC is one who has graduated from a technical
college with a certificate of competency in Health Unit
Coordinating. True or False? - Correct Answer ✅False, you
receive a certificate of "Completion"
Other titles of a HUC include, "Unit Secretary" and "Unit
clerk." True or False? - Correct Answer ✅True
While working as a HUC, the shift manager asks you to
perform a task that you have not done before and have not
,Health Unit Coordinator Final Exam
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been trained to do. You would: - Correct Answer ✅Explain
to the shift manager that you have not been trained to do the
task but willing to learn if trained.
The direct responsibility for patients and personnel on a unit
for a 24hr period rest with the: - Correct Answer ✅Nurse
Manager
The department that cares for women who are hospitalized
for surgery of the female reproductive tract is the: - Correct
Answer ✅Gynecology Unit
Visual Exam of hollow organs or body cavities are performed
by which of the following departments? - Correct Answer
✅Endoscopy
A patient admitted to the hospital with a fractured pelvis
would be admitted to which of the following nursing units? -
Correct Answer ✅Orthopedics
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A patient admitted after suffering a CVA would be admitted to
which nursing unit? - Correct Answer ✅Neuro
A patient's request for pain medication would be
communicated to: - Correct Answer ✅RN assigned to
patient
A patient's family is very upset about the overall care their
father is receiving since his admission. They relate that they
have been treated rudely by nursing personnel when trying
to discuss this with them. You, the HUC, would communicate
this to the: - Correct Answer ✅Nurse Manager
The addition of learned skills by continuing education and
attending hospital - offered in-services will: - Correct
Answer ✅Increase job security and make you more
marketable
All of the following orders would be sent to the physical
medicine department except for: - Correct Answer ✅OT for
evaluation and recommendations
, Health Unit Coordinator Final Exam
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A doctor that specializes in treating cancerous conditions is
called a (an): - Correct Answer ✅Oncologist
An otolaryngologist specializes in the Dx and Tx of the: -
Correct Answer ✅Ear, Nose, Throat
A division of the physical medicine department that treats,
evaluates and preserves morale by providing purposeful
activities to patients (i.e. CVA or head injury) is: - Correct
Answer ✅Occupational Therapy
Acknowledgement that a hospital has met certain official
standards is called: - Correct Answer ✅Accreditation
The term usually applied to the physician who admits and has
ultimate responsibility for the patient while hospitalized is
the: - Correct Answer ✅Attending Physician
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