LaFleur Brooks' Health Unit Coordinating
By- Elaine Gillingham, AAS, BA, CHUC, Program Director (Retired), Health Unit Coordinator Program, GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ
- Monica Wadsworth Seibel, BS, MEd, CHUC, Program Director, Health Unit Coordinator Program, GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ
- Elaine Gillingham, AAS, BA, CHUC, Program Director (Retired), Health Unit Coordinator Program, GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ
- Monica Wadsworth Seibel, BS, MEd, CHUC, Program Director, Health Unit Coordinator Program, GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ
With all of the practical knowledge, skills, and applications you need in todays health unit environment, this completely updated 6th edition of LAFLEUR BROOKS' HEALTH UNIT COORDINATING gives you everything you need to succeed. It reflects the latest advances in the field, including the electronic medical record, as well as new photos and illustrations that bring concepts to life. Plus, youll understand everything from communications skills to procedures through activities such as Abbreviation Exercises, Review Questions, Scenarios, and more.
Paperback, 656 Pages
Published: February 2008
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4160-4172-6
Contents
- Section 1. Orientation to Hospitals, Medical Centers, and Health Care
1. Health Unit Coordinating: An Allied Health Career
2. Overview of Health Care Today
3. The Nursing Department
4. Communication Devices and Their Uses
Section 2. Personal and Professional Skills
5. Communication and Interpersonal Skills
6. Workplace Behavior: Ethics and Legal Concepts
7. Management Techniques and Problem-Solving Skills for Health Unit Coordinating
Section 3. The Patients Chart or Electronic Record and Transcription and Monitoring of Doctors Orders
8. The Patients Chart or Electronic Medical Record
9. Transcription of Doctors Handwritten Orders
10. Patient Activity, Patient Positioning, and Nursing Observation Orders
11. Nursing Intervention or Treatment Orders
12. Nutritional Care Orders
13. Medication Orders
14. Laboratory Orders and Recording Telephoned Laboratory Results
15. Diagnostic Imaging Orders
16. Other Diagnostic Studies
17. Treatment Orders
18. Miscellaneous Orders
Section 4. Health Unit Coordinator Procedures
19. Admission, Preoperative, and Postoperative Procedures
20. Discharge, Transfer, and Postmortem Procedures
21. Recording Vital Signs, Ordering Supplies, Daily Diagnostic Tests, and Filing
22. Reports, Infection Control, Emergencies, and Special Services
Section 5. Introduction to Anatomic Structures, Medical Terms, and Illnesses
23. Medical Terminology, Basic Human Structure, and Disorders
Appendices
A. Abbreviations
B. Word Parts
Answers to Review Questions
Glossary
Index
