Being A Health Unit Coordinator or Marketing Convergence

Being A Health Unit Coordinator

Author: Kay Cox Stevens

Kay Cox-Stevens

Retaining an emphasis on the patient-centered approach, Kay Cox-Stevens' Being A Health Unit Coordinator continues to provide the information health unit coordinators must comprehend. This up-to-date text is appropriate for students enrolled in unit coordinating programs or as a reference for those that are practicing. It moves from the simple to the complex, laying a foundation of skills necessary for all medical-clerical workers, then follows with more specific health unit coordinating procedures. New medication information, review questions, learning activities, and updated chapter information, make the new Fifth Edition an even more current and complete reference for success. Features

• The newest information on diagnostic and therapeutic orders.
• More information on the impact of managed care on the heath care facility.
• New information on medical records management.
• An update on medical laws and ethics.
• An update on new medications.
• Learning activities with critical thinking questions.

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Booknews

Retaining an emphasis on the patient-centered approach, this text and workbook is appropriate for students enrolled in unit coordinating programs. Material progresses from skills necessary for all medical- clerical workers to specific health unit coordinating procedures. This fifth edition contains new medication information, review questions, learning activities, and updated information on the impact of managed care on the health care facility, medical records management, and medical laws and ethics. The author is a health careers specialist and professor at Saddleback College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction to Being a Health Unit Coordinator.
2. The Working Environment.
3. The Hospital Departments.
4. Medical Terminology.
5. Introduction to Body Structure and Function.
6. Diseases and Diagnoses.
7. Medical Law and Ethics.
8. Communications.
9. Hospital Safety and Emergencies.
10. Introduction to Management at the Nurses Station.
11. The Patient's Chart.
12. The Health Unit Coordinator and Computers.
13. Introduction to Order Transcription.
14. Understanding Medication Orders.
15. Nursing Procedure Orders.
16. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Department Orders.
17. Health Unit Coordinator Procedures.
18. Review.
19. Order Transcription Practice.
Bibliography.
Index.

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Author: Susan K Jones

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