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LaFleur Brooks' Health Unit Coordinating Pocket Guide

  • 2 Edición - 8 de mayo de 2008
  • Última edición
  • Autores: Elaine A. Gillingham, Monica Wadsworth Seibel
  • Idioma: Inglés

Perfect for everyday reference, on-the-job training, or education, this handy pocket guide includes a wealth of information you need to succeed in health unit coordinating. This… Leer más

Descripción

Perfect for everyday reference, on-the-job training, or education, this handy pocket guide includes a wealth of information you need to succeed in health unit coordinating. This new edition includes even more lists and tables containing step-by-step procedures, practical tips, bulleted lists, and thumb tabs for quick reference!

Puntos claves

  • Includes practical tips for carrying out job responsibilities in the work environment.
  • Find information on both paper charts and electronic medical records in the Maintaining the Patient’s Chart chapter.
  • Step-By-Step Procedures provide a quick guide to your daily tasks.
  • Transcribing Doctors’ Orders chapter provides instructions on transcription and recognizing the many types of orders.
  • Staying organized is easy with a personal record-keeping section that includes telephone number and time management pages.

Índice

1. Understanding Health Unit Coordinating

2. Ensuring Effective Interpersonal Communication

3. Using Communication Devices

4. Management Techniques/ Maintaining the Patient’s Paper Chart and Electronic

Medical Record

5. Understanding Workplace Behavior, Ethics, and Legal Issues

6. Handling Infection Control, Emergencies, and Incident Reports

7. Managing/ Transcribing Doctors’ Orders

8. Recognizing Types of Doctors’ Orders

9. Admission, Preoperative, Postoperative, Discharge, and Transfer Procedures and

Orders

Appendices

A. Abbreviations

B. Word Parts

C. Medical/ Diagnostic/ Surgical Terms

D. Commonly Ordered Medications

E. A Comprehensive List of Laboratory Studies and Blood Components

F. The National Association of Health Unit Coordinators (NAHUC) Standards of

Practice and Code of Ethics

G. Notes

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 2
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 8 de mayo de 2008
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

EG

Elaine A. Gillingham

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Program Director (Retired), Health Unit Coordinator Program, GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ

MW

Monica Wadsworth Seibel

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Program Director, Health Unit Coordinator Program, GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ