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LaFleur Brooks' Health Unit Coordinating

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ISBN-10: 1416041729

ISBN-13: 9781416041726

Edition: 6th 2008

Authors: Monica Wadsworth Seibel, Elaine A. Gillingham

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With all of the practical knowledge, skills, and applications you need in todays health unit environment, this completely updated 6th edition of LAFLEUR BROOKS' HEALTH UNIT COORDINATING gives you everything you need to succeed. It reflects the latest advances in the field, including the electronic medical record, as well as new photos and illustrations that bring concepts to life. Plus, youll understand everything from communications skills to procedures through activities such as Abbreviation Exercises, Review Questions, Scenarios, and more. Chapter Outlines introduce the topics for each chapter, and Chapter Objectives provide goals you should achieve by the end of the chapter. …    
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Book details

List price: $77.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 2/28/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 656
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.87" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English

Section 1
Health Unit Coordinating: An Allied Health Career
Overview of Health Care Today
The Nursing Department
Communication Devices and Their Uses
Personal and Professional Skills
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Workplace Behavior: Ethics and Legal Concepts
Management Techniques and Problem-Solving Skills for Health Unit Coordinating
The Patients Chart or Electronic Record and Transcription and Monitoring of Doctors Orders
The Patients Chart or Electronic Medical Record
Transcription of Doctors Handwritten Orders
Patient Activity, Patient Positioning, and Nursing Observation Orders
Nursing Intervention or Treatment Orders
Nutritional Care Orders
Medication Orders
Laboratory Orders and Recording Telephoned Laboratory Results
Diagnostic Imaging Orders
Other Diagnostic Studies
Treatment Orders
Miscellaneous Orders
Health Unit Coordinator Procedures
Admission, Preoperative, and Postoperative Procedures
Discharge, Transfer, and Postmortem Procedures
Recording Vital Signs, Ordering Supplies, Daily Diagnostic Tests, and Filing
Reports, Infection Control, Emergencies, and Special Services
Introduction to Anatomic Structures, Medical Terms, and Illnesses
Medical Terminology, Basic Human Structure, and Disorders
Abbreviations
Word Parts
Commonly Ordered Medications NEW!
A Comprehensive List of Laboratory Studies and Blood Components
The National Association of Health Unit Coordinators Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics Answers to Review Questions
Glossary
Index