HUC 120 - Health Unit Procedures II

Class: 2 Lab: 18 Credits: 8
This course is a study of non-nursing hospital procedures in addition to an anatomy component which includes a systems review. The course also covers practical applications and clinical settings as they relate to the coordination of a nursing unit.

Prerequisite(s): Take HUC 110 with a minimum grade of “B” and take AHS 102 and AHS 170 with a minimum grade of “C”.

Course Topics:

Responsibilities regarding admissions, pre-operative, and post-operative procedures
Responsibilities regarding discharging patient (including deaths) and the transfer of patients within the hospital and to other medical facilities
Responsibilities in completing the transcription of physicians’ orders
Basic human structure, diseases, and disorders of the body
Transcribing physicians’ orders relating to admissions, discharges, transfers, pre-operative, and post-operative patients
Transcribing physicians’ orders relating to treatments, activities, dietary, medications, laboratory, diagnostic imaging, other diagnostic studies and miscellaneous items
Clinical practicum

Textbooks:
Textbook information can be found on the Book Inn Web site

Required Materials:

Notebooks
Paper
Pencils
Fine point red and black pen for graphing
Uniforms
Lab coat with Health Unit Coordinating patch

Grading System:
In order to pass this class a grade of B (80) must be achieved.

A 90 - 100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
F 0 - 59

Student Learning Outcomes:

Identify the Health Unit Coordinator’s responsibilities regarding admitting, discharging and transferring of patients.
Recognize basic human structure and function.
Describe the transcription procedure for each classification and category of physicians’s orders.
Practice independently on the nursing unit as an entry level Health Unit Coordinator.

For SCC Online Courses:
If the course you are taking is online, please review the SCC Online Policies that include:

Required materials for all online courses
Mandatory Attendance Requirement
Proctored Exams

Face Covering Requirements:
All faculty, staff and students must wear a face mask/covering at all times (absent a medical condition) on all SCC campuses when safe social distancing measures are not possible or difficult to follow. For further details, refer to the Student Guidelines for Face Coverings and Social Distancing on the SCC Coronavirus COVID-19 Information page.

Standard SCC Course Policies:
Please review the Standard SCC Course Polices on the following topics:

Academic Integrity
Academic Misconduct
Add/Drop period
Appeals Process
Class Attendance
Classroom Behavior (traditional and online)
Classroom Conduct/Expectations
Lab Procedures (general SCC policy regarding this)
Online Confidentiality
Services For Students with Disabilities
Withdrawal Policy

Official Course Syllabus
2020-2021