Gillingham : LaFleur Brooks' Health Unit Coordinating, 6th Edition
Test Bank
Chapter 1: Health Unit Coordinating: An Allied Health Career
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The physician has written an order for a blood test on the patient’s chart. The role of the health
unit coordinator (HUC) is to:
a. draw the blood sample.
b. explain the reason for the test to the patient.
c. interpret the results and advise the family.
d. transcribe the blood test order and enter it into the computer.
ANS: D
It is the responsibility of the HUC to order, schedule, and/or coordinate diagnostic procedures
and treatments.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 8
2. A visitor with a complaint approaches the nurses’ station where several staff members are seated.
The first person to handle this complaint is generally the:
a. nurse manager.
b. physician.
c. respiratory therapist.
d. health unit coordinator.
ANS: D
The HUC is often the first person to handle visitor concerns.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 8
3. Which of the following tasks would be considered “non-clinical”?
a. Assisting a patient to the bathroom
b. Delivering a patient’s food tray
c. Scanning an EKG into the patient’s EMR
d. Assisting a physician to change a patient’s dressing
ANS: C
Non-clinical tasks are tasks performed away from the bedside.
DIF: Level: 2 REF: Page 2
4. A list of treatments and/or diagnostic tests/procedures entered into the patient's chart is known
as:
a. doctors’ orders.
b. nurses’ notes.
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c. clinical tasks.
d. transcription.
ANS: A
Treatment interventions (doctors’ orders) are the health care that a doctor prescribes in writing
for a hospitalized patient.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 2
5. The abbreviation that indicates the student status of the health unit coordinator is:
a. CHUC.
b. HUC.
c. SHUC.
d. SRN.
ANS: C
SHUC is the abbreviation that means student health unit coordinator.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 2
6. A requirement for certification of the health unit coordinator is:
a. passing the national certification examination administered by the NAHUC.
b. passing an examination given by the Nurses’ Association.
c. passing all of the courses taken in a college curriculum.
d. establishing a minimum level of athletic performance.
ANS: A
The national certification examination is administered nationwide at testing sites with the use of
an electronic system.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Pages 1, 7
7. August 23, 1980, is significant to health unit coordinators because on that date:
a. the first educational program for HUCs was held to set educational curriculum
guidelines.
b. the first HUC text, The Hospital Ward Clerk, was published by The C. V. Mosby
Company.
c. a meeting was held in Phoenix, Arizona, to form a national association for the
HUC whose purpose would be to set standards of education and practice.
d. it was decided that the term unit secretary would no longer be used in the hospital.
ANS: C
The first organizational meeting was held in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 23, 1980. This date has
since been proclaimed National Health Unit Coordinator Day by the national association.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 5
8. One of the new responsibilities added to the HUC role with the implementation of the EMR is:
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a. assisting all doctors with changing patients’ dressings.
b. writing each patient’s doctors’ orders on a worksheet for the nurse.
c. typing handwritten doctors’ orders into the patient’s EMR.
d. scanning reports sent from other facilities, EKGs, and other documents as
requested into the patient’s EMR.
ANS: D
One of the responsibilities added to the role of the HUC with the implementation of the EMR
involves integrating/scanning any paper documents created by caregivers into the electronic
medical record.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 4
9. An example of a clinical task is:
a. answering a patient’s request on the intercom.
b. filing reports in patients’ charts.
c. starting an intravenous line.
d. answering the unit telephone.
ANS: C
Clinical tasks are performed at the bedside or in direct contact with the patient.
DIF: Level: 2 REF: Page 1
10. A CDSS is a computer program that _____ doctors’ orders.
a. assists nurses in interpreting
b. assists the HUC when rewriting
c. provides alerts when there is a conflict in orders at the point of entry of
d. provides assistance for ancillary personnel who interpret
ANS: C
A clinical decision support system (CDSS) provides to the physician suggestions or default
values for drug doses, routes, and frequencies at the point of ordering.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 3
11. When the EMR with CPOE is implemented, the health unit coordinator position will:
a. become more administrative and will involve more customer service.
b. be eliminated.
c. become clinical and will involve patient care.
d. not change; the HUC will still transcribe doctors’ orders.
ANS: A
Health unit coordinators will have a more efficient role that consists of traffic control,
coordination of care, and management of the electronic record.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 4
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12. Working health unit coordinators can prepare for changes involving the EMR with CPO by:
a. becoming a licensed practical nurse.
b. taking nursing assistant classes.
c. finding another job.
d. taking additional computer classes.
ANS: D
One of the ways the HUC may prepare for implementation of the EMR is to complete computer
classes to become efficient in or gain a working knowledge of advanced word processing, use of
a database and spreadsheet, and the process of communicating through e-mail (typing skills are
essential).
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 10
13. The abbreviation CPOE means:
a. controlled physician orders executed.
b. computerized partial orders entered.
c. computer physician order entry.
d. compact physician orders entered.
ANS: C
CPOE means computer physician order entry. This is a computerized program through which
physicians directly enter patient orders; it replaces handwritten orders provided on an order sheet
or a prescription pad.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 2
14. A handbook that contains guidelines for practice and hospital regulations is the:
a. policy and procedure manual.
b. PDR.
c. hospital formulary.
d. disaster manual.
ANS: A
The policy and procedure manual is a handbook that includes such information as guidelines for
practice and hospital regulations.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 2
15. The HUC position was created during World War II because:
a. nurses went on strike in protest to the war.
b. many were out of work, and creating this position provided jobs.
c. a critical shortage of nurses occurred.
d. patients required more care.
ANS: C
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Test Bank
Chapter 1: Health Unit Coordinating: An Allied Health Career
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The physician has written an order for a blood test on the patient’s chart. The role of the health
unit coordinator (HUC) is to:
a. draw the blood sample.
b. explain the reason for the test to the patient.
c. interpret the results and advise the family.
d. transcribe the blood test order and enter it into the computer.
ANS: D
It is the responsibility of the HUC to order, schedule, and/or coordinate diagnostic procedures
and treatments.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 8
2. A visitor with a complaint approaches the nurses’ station where several staff members are seated.
The first person to handle this complaint is generally the:
a. nurse manager.
b. physician.
c. respiratory therapist.
d. health unit coordinator.
ANS: D
The HUC is often the first person to handle visitor concerns.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 8
3. Which of the following tasks would be considered “non-clinical”?
a. Assisting a patient to the bathroom
b. Delivering a patient’s food tray
c. Scanning an EKG into the patient’s EMR
d. Assisting a physician to change a patient’s dressing
ANS: C
Non-clinical tasks are tasks performed away from the bedside.
DIF: Level: 2 REF: Page 2
4. A list of treatments and/or diagnostic tests/procedures entered into the patient's chart is known
as:
a. doctors’ orders.
b. nurses’ notes.
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, Test Bank 1-2
c. clinical tasks.
d. transcription.
ANS: A
Treatment interventions (doctors’ orders) are the health care that a doctor prescribes in writing
for a hospitalized patient.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 2
5. The abbreviation that indicates the student status of the health unit coordinator is:
a. CHUC.
b. HUC.
c. SHUC.
d. SRN.
ANS: C
SHUC is the abbreviation that means student health unit coordinator.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 2
6. A requirement for certification of the health unit coordinator is:
a. passing the national certification examination administered by the NAHUC.
b. passing an examination given by the Nurses’ Association.
c. passing all of the courses taken in a college curriculum.
d. establishing a minimum level of athletic performance.
ANS: A
The national certification examination is administered nationwide at testing sites with the use of
an electronic system.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Pages 1, 7
7. August 23, 1980, is significant to health unit coordinators because on that date:
a. the first educational program for HUCs was held to set educational curriculum
guidelines.
b. the first HUC text, The Hospital Ward Clerk, was published by The C. V. Mosby
Company.
c. a meeting was held in Phoenix, Arizona, to form a national association for the
HUC whose purpose would be to set standards of education and practice.
d. it was decided that the term unit secretary would no longer be used in the hospital.
ANS: C
The first organizational meeting was held in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 23, 1980. This date has
since been proclaimed National Health Unit Coordinator Day by the national association.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 5
8. One of the new responsibilities added to the HUC role with the implementation of the EMR is:
Elsevier items and derived items © 2009, 2004 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.
, Test Bank 1-3
a. assisting all doctors with changing patients’ dressings.
b. writing each patient’s doctors’ orders on a worksheet for the nurse.
c. typing handwritten doctors’ orders into the patient’s EMR.
d. scanning reports sent from other facilities, EKGs, and other documents as
requested into the patient’s EMR.
ANS: D
One of the responsibilities added to the role of the HUC with the implementation of the EMR
involves integrating/scanning any paper documents created by caregivers into the electronic
medical record.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 4
9. An example of a clinical task is:
a. answering a patient’s request on the intercom.
b. filing reports in patients’ charts.
c. starting an intravenous line.
d. answering the unit telephone.
ANS: C
Clinical tasks are performed at the bedside or in direct contact with the patient.
DIF: Level: 2 REF: Page 1
10. A CDSS is a computer program that _____ doctors’ orders.
a. assists nurses in interpreting
b. assists the HUC when rewriting
c. provides alerts when there is a conflict in orders at the point of entry of
d. provides assistance for ancillary personnel who interpret
ANS: C
A clinical decision support system (CDSS) provides to the physician suggestions or default
values for drug doses, routes, and frequencies at the point of ordering.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 3
11. When the EMR with CPOE is implemented, the health unit coordinator position will:
a. become more administrative and will involve more customer service.
b. be eliminated.
c. become clinical and will involve patient care.
d. not change; the HUC will still transcribe doctors’ orders.
ANS: A
Health unit coordinators will have a more efficient role that consists of traffic control,
coordination of care, and management of the electronic record.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 4
Elsevier items and derived items © 2009, 2004 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.
, Test Bank 1-4
12. Working health unit coordinators can prepare for changes involving the EMR with CPO by:
a. becoming a licensed practical nurse.
b. taking nursing assistant classes.
c. finding another job.
d. taking additional computer classes.
ANS: D
One of the ways the HUC may prepare for implementation of the EMR is to complete computer
classes to become efficient in or gain a working knowledge of advanced word processing, use of
a database and spreadsheet, and the process of communicating through e-mail (typing skills are
essential).
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 10
13. The abbreviation CPOE means:
a. controlled physician orders executed.
b. computerized partial orders entered.
c. computer physician order entry.
d. compact physician orders entered.
ANS: C
CPOE means computer physician order entry. This is a computerized program through which
physicians directly enter patient orders; it replaces handwritten orders provided on an order sheet
or a prescription pad.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 2
14. A handbook that contains guidelines for practice and hospital regulations is the:
a. policy and procedure manual.
b. PDR.
c. hospital formulary.
d. disaster manual.
ANS: A
The policy and procedure manual is a handbook that includes such information as guidelines for
practice and hospital regulations.
DIF: Level: 1 REF: Page 2
15. The HUC position was created during World War II because:
a. nurses went on strike in protest to the war.
b. many were out of work, and creating this position provided jobs.
c. a critical shortage of nurses occurred.
d. patients required more care.
ANS: C
Elsevier items and derived items © 2009, 2004 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.
