HUC Mock Certification Exam
[2026/2027] Updated Version |
Verified Questions & Detailed
Rationales
A discrepancy report sent by the central services department (CSD) is a list of
items that were: - ANSWER-used from a nursing unit supply closet but were not
charged to any patient.
Which of the following items cannot be sent in the pneumatic tube system? -
ANSWER-Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens
The printer in the nursing station is not functioning properly. The health unit
coordinator (HUC) would notify the: - ANSWER-Information Technology (IT)
Department.
The HUC has been informed that a patient s telephone is not functioning properly.
The department that the HUC would notify of the problem would be the: -
ANSWER-Information Technology (IT) Department.
,When the electronic medical record (EMR) is implemented and a nurse requests
that a telemetry strip be saved for a patient, the HUC would: - ANSWER-scan the
strip into the patient s EMR.
When the EMR is implemented, documents faxed from an outside facility would
be: - ANSWER-scanned into the patient s EMR.
The HUC notes that there are four labeled chart forms in a discharged patient s
chart that have no documentation on them. The correct action for the HUC to take
would be to: - ANSWER-shred the forms
The HUC has been asked to thin a patient s chart. The thinned-out records would
be: - ANSWER-placed in an envelope, labeled with the patient s ID label, and kept
on the nursing unit until the patient is discharged or moved.
The abbreviation CPOE stands for: - ANSWER-computer physician order entry.
Patient confidentiality laws, including a patient s right to not have his or her name
listed in the hospital directory, are specified in the: - ANSWER-Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
.
Joan, an HUC with more than 20 years of experience, is hired for day shift at a
busy orthopedic unit. Joan has good organizational skills and immediately notices
that the nurses station is set up in a way that makes the HUC s job difficult. Joan
should: - ANSWER-discuss the changes with the nurse manager.
, Which of the following would be important for the HUC to note on the patient
census worksheet kept near the telephone? - ANSWER-A patient is on a
temporary pass.
A nurse on another unit has called three times regarding the transfer of a patient
from the intensive care unit (ICU) to a floor nursing unit. The nurse who will be
caring for the patient to be transferred states that he is too busy to receive
another patient now. The nurse from ICU becomes abusive to the HUC, stating
that she is just as busy and needs to bring the patient now. The best option for the
HUC would be to: - ANSWER-ask the nurse to hold while a definite time is
requested as to when the patient can be sent.
Dave, the HUC, observes a co-worker who is copying the medical record of a
patient whom the co-worker knows personally, without a doctors order to do so.
The appropriate action for Dave to take would be to: - ANSWER-notify the nurse
manager.
Which of the following departments would intervene if a patient had concerns
regarding whether his insurance would pay for his hospital stay? - ANSWER-Case
management
The go-to person when the unit elevators, pneumatic tube system, patient call
lights, or televisions are not functioning or there is a problem with plumbing or
temperature is the: - ANSWER-HUC.
Which of the following actions could cause a serious error when the fax machine
is used? - ANSWER-Using the redial button to fax pharmacy copies
[2026/2027] Updated Version |
Verified Questions & Detailed
Rationales
A discrepancy report sent by the central services department (CSD) is a list of
items that were: - ANSWER-used from a nursing unit supply closet but were not
charged to any patient.
Which of the following items cannot be sent in the pneumatic tube system? -
ANSWER-Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens
The printer in the nursing station is not functioning properly. The health unit
coordinator (HUC) would notify the: - ANSWER-Information Technology (IT)
Department.
The HUC has been informed that a patient s telephone is not functioning properly.
The department that the HUC would notify of the problem would be the: -
ANSWER-Information Technology (IT) Department.
,When the electronic medical record (EMR) is implemented and a nurse requests
that a telemetry strip be saved for a patient, the HUC would: - ANSWER-scan the
strip into the patient s EMR.
When the EMR is implemented, documents faxed from an outside facility would
be: - ANSWER-scanned into the patient s EMR.
The HUC notes that there are four labeled chart forms in a discharged patient s
chart that have no documentation on them. The correct action for the HUC to take
would be to: - ANSWER-shred the forms
The HUC has been asked to thin a patient s chart. The thinned-out records would
be: - ANSWER-placed in an envelope, labeled with the patient s ID label, and kept
on the nursing unit until the patient is discharged or moved.
The abbreviation CPOE stands for: - ANSWER-computer physician order entry.
Patient confidentiality laws, including a patient s right to not have his or her name
listed in the hospital directory, are specified in the: - ANSWER-Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
.
Joan, an HUC with more than 20 years of experience, is hired for day shift at a
busy orthopedic unit. Joan has good organizational skills and immediately notices
that the nurses station is set up in a way that makes the HUC s job difficult. Joan
should: - ANSWER-discuss the changes with the nurse manager.
, Which of the following would be important for the HUC to note on the patient
census worksheet kept near the telephone? - ANSWER-A patient is on a
temporary pass.
A nurse on another unit has called three times regarding the transfer of a patient
from the intensive care unit (ICU) to a floor nursing unit. The nurse who will be
caring for the patient to be transferred states that he is too busy to receive
another patient now. The nurse from ICU becomes abusive to the HUC, stating
that she is just as busy and needs to bring the patient now. The best option for the
HUC would be to: - ANSWER-ask the nurse to hold while a definite time is
requested as to when the patient can be sent.
Dave, the HUC, observes a co-worker who is copying the medical record of a
patient whom the co-worker knows personally, without a doctors order to do so.
The appropriate action for Dave to take would be to: - ANSWER-notify the nurse
manager.
Which of the following departments would intervene if a patient had concerns
regarding whether his insurance would pay for his hospital stay? - ANSWER-Case
management
The go-to person when the unit elevators, pneumatic tube system, patient call
lights, or televisions are not functioning or there is a problem with plumbing or
temperature is the: - ANSWER-HUC.
Which of the following actions could cause a serious error when the fax machine
is used? - ANSWER-Using the redial button to fax pharmacy copies
