May 01, 2024  
2023-2024 Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Catalog Archived

HUC 110 - Health Unit Procedures I


Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 12 Credits: 7

Description: This course is a study of non-nursing hospital procedures and practical applications in clinical settings as they relate to the coordination of a nursing unit.

Corequisite(s): Take AHS 170  
Course Topics:
  • Hospital departments, personnel, and physicians according to their specialty
  • Interdepartmental activities on the nursing unit
  • Communication and interpersonal skills
  • Responsibilities concerning the patient’s chart
  • Classifications and categories of physician’s orders, transcription procedure for each type
  • Physicians’ orders relating to activity, positioning, and observation
  • Physicians’ orders relating to nursing treatment and dietary needs
  • Physicians’ orders relating to medications
  • Physicians’ orders relating to laboratory studies
  • Physicians’ orders relating to diagnostic imaging
  • Physicians’ order relating to various diagnostic studies
  • Activities on the simulated nursing unit between nursing staff, physicians, and other personnel
  • Transcribing physicians’ orders

Textbooks:
Textbook information can be found on the Book Inn website
Required Materials:
  • Notebooks
  • Paper
  • Pencils
  • Fine point red and black pen for graphing
  • Lab coat with Health Unit Coordinating patch

Grading System:
An overall grade of C or higher is required for transferability.

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


Student Learning Outcomes:
  1. Identify hospital departments, personnel, and physicians according to their specialty and their duties on the nursing unit. 
  2. Coordinate department and interdepartmental activities to include communication and interpersonal skills on the simulated nursing unit. 
  3. Identify and coordinate the Health Unit Coordinator’s responsibilities concerning the patient’s chart to include all physician’s orders. 
  4. Describe the transcription procedure for each classificiation and category of physician’s orders. 

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2023-2024