2024\2025
HUC MOCK CERTIFICATION EXAM 2024\2025 WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS |VERIFIED
A discrepancy report sent by the central services department (CSD) is a
list of items that were: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ used from a
nursing unit supply closet but were not charged to any patient.
A discrepancy report is a list of items used from a nursing unit supply
closet but not charged to any patient.
Which of the following items cannot be sent in the pneumatic tube
system? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
specimens
,CSF specimens are obtained by a painful procedure and cannot be sent
through the pneumatic tube system. The system may break down, the
specimen may be misdirected, or the tubes may leak or break.
The printer in the nursing station is not functioning properly. The health
unit coordinator (HUC) would notify the: - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Information Technology (IT) Department.
IT would be responsible for repairing electronic equipment.
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: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Information Technology
(IT) Department.
The HUC would notify IT of the need to repair or replace the patient s
telephone.
When the electronic medical record (EMR) is implemented and a nurse
requests that a telemetry strip be saved for a patient, the HUC would: -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ scan the strip into the patient s EMR.
When the EMR is implemented and a telemetry strip is to be saved, the
HUC would scan the strip into the patient s EMR.
,When the EMR is implemented, documents faxed from an outside
facility would be: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ scanned into the
patient s EMR.
Faxed documents would be 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: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ shred
the forms.
Forms that do not have documentation on them and that contain patient
ID labels are shredded to ensure patient confidentiality.
The HUC has been asked to thin a patient s chart. The thinned-out
records would be: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ placed in an envelope,
labeled with the patient s ID label, and kept on the nursing unit until the
patient is discharged or moved.
Thinned-out records would be placed in an envelope, labeled with the
patient s ID label, and kept on the nursing unit until the patient is
transferred or discharged. The HUC would also write the date that the
chart was thinned and write their initials on the envelope.
The abbreviation CPOE stands for: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
computer physician order entry.
, CPOE stands for computerized physician order entry. Through a
computerized program, physicians enter patient orders directly into the
patient s EMR, replacing handwritten orders.
Patient confidentiality laws, including a patient s right to not have his or
her name listed in the hospital directory, are specified in the: -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA).
The purpose of HIPAA is to protect private individual health information
from being disclosed to anyone without the consent of the individual.
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: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
discuss the changes with the nurse manager.
Any changes to the organization of the nursing unit should be discussed
with the nurse manager. The nurse manager may consult the nursing unit
staff regarding the changes before making a decision.
Which of the following would be important for the HUC to note on the
patient census worksheet kept near the telephone? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ A patient is on a temporary pass.