LaFleur Brooks' Health Unit Coordinating (Paperback, 7 ed)

Section 1: Orientation to Hospitals, Medical Centers, and Health Care

• 1. Health Unit Coordinating
• 2. Overview of Health Care Today
• 3. The Nursing Department and Medical Staff
• 4. Communication Devices and Their Uses

Section 2: Personal and Professional Skills

• 5. Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• 6. Workplace Behavior
• 7. Management Techniques and Problem-Solving Skills for Health Unit Coordinating

Section 3: The Patient's Electronis Record or Paper Chart

• 8. The Patient's Electronic Medical Record or Chart
• 9. HUC Role in Processing of Electronic, Pre-Printed, and Handwritten Doctors' 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
• 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. Reports, Infection Control, Emergencies, and Special Services

Section 5: Introduction to Anatomical Structures, Medical Terms, and Illnesses

• 22. Medical Terminology, Basic Human Structure, Diseases, and Disorders

Appendixes

• Appendix A: Abbreviations
• Appendix B: Word Parts
• Answers
• Glossary