Get the most comprehensive, in-depth coverage on health unit coordinating from the industry’s most popular text! Expert authors Elaine Gillingham and Monica Wadsworth Seibel offer in-depth discussion of key theories and concepts surrounding the profession and guide you through the common responsibilities of a health unit coordinator in both traditional and electronic medical record environments. From greeting new patients and dealing with visitors to transcribing physicians' orders, maintaining statistical reports, and preparing patient charts, this text will prepare you for success across all areas of health unit coordination. 
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<li>Certification Review Guide with mock certification exam is included on the Evolve site with every purchase of the book.</li>
<li>Step-by-step instructions on how to perform important procedures include in-depth explanations of key tasks and possible modifications that would meet special requirements.</li>
<li>High Priority boxes throughout the text offer useful information such as lists of addresses, organizations, laboratory studies, hospital specialties, health unit coordinator career ladders, helpful hints, and more, related to chapter discussions.</li>
<li>Example boxes in the Communication chapters present real-life scenarios that outline the responsibilities of the health unit coordinator in each situation and offer tips on how you can conduct yourself in a professional and helpful manner.</li>
<li>Bad handwriting examples give you experience deciphering hard-to-read handwriting that you will encounter in practice.Student-friendly features such as outlines, chapter objectives, vocabulary, and abbreviations are included at the beginning of each chapter to set the stage for the important information to be covered later in the chapter.</li>
<li>References within the text to the companion skills practice manual and online tools direct you to hands-on exercises that stress the practical applications of skills and procedures in a simulated health care environment.</li>
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<li>NEW! Expanded coverage of the EMR/CPOE explains how the implementation of the electronic medical record/CPOE is changing the role of the Health Unit Coordinator.</li>
<li>UPDATED! Coverage of medications, diagnostic procedures, therapies, surgical procedures, and new health care trends keep you up to date on how to perform your role effectively in today’s medical environment.</li>
<li>NEW! Hot topics in health unit coordinating keep you abreast of issues currently affecting the health unit coordinator such as, the electronic health record/CPOE, physician order entries, preceptorships, and interviewing/background checks, are addressed.</li>
<li>NEW! Additional student activities are included in each chapter to help reinforce material, expand your critical thinking and application skills, and prepare you for exams. </li>
<li>NEW! Flashcards on Evolve help you review important terminology and abbreviations that you will use on the job.</li>
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Medical Books

Gillingham AAS BA CHUC, Elaine A.

Wadsworth Seibel BS MEd CHUC, Monica

Allied Health Professions

Saunders

Updated to accompany the fifth edition of Health Unit Coordinaing, this Certification Review prepares you to pass your certification examination with ease. Comprehensive review questions are based on the material in the text. Question formats include fill-in-the-blank, matching, and multiple-choice. A mock certification examination allows you to test your knowledge and practice your test-taking skills. Answers to the questions are accompanied by complete rationales and test-taking tips. Valuable feedback includes references to page numbers in the main text for further reading and review.

Health Unit Coordinating Certification Review

LaFleur Brooks RN BEd, Myrna

Administration & Medicine Economics

Contains hands-on practice with activities that reinforce material taught in the text chapters. Appendix contains tear-out generic hospital forms, actual written physicians' orders, and Evaluation forms. Skills Practice Software with Transcription of Physicians' Orders CD-ROM for Windows 95 is packaged with the manual, containing audio activities for communication practice, drug cards for referencing, printable hospital forms, HIPAA activities, printable version of physicians' orders, and transcription of physicians' orders

Skills Practice Manual to Accompany Health Unit Coordinating

This useful resource focuses on key concepts in HEALTH UNIT COORDINATING, 4th Edition * helping readers understand what's really important and score to their potential on the certification exam. Updated multiple choice questions, with answers and rationales, make the learning experience interactive. Includes new "test-taking tip" boxes.

Certification Review to Accompany Health Unit Coordinating

This companion text for the 4th Edition of HEALTH UNIT COORDINATING features a series of practice exercises for transcribing doctors' orders. This edition includes a free computer disk that simulates common hospital systems. Appendices include a complete set of doctor's orders and a series of generic hospital forms.

With all of the practical knowledge, skills, and applications you need in today’s 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, you’ll understand everything from communications skills to procedures through activities such as Abbreviation Exercises, Review Questions, Scenarios, and more.
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<li>Chapter Outlines introduce the topics for each chapter, and Chapter Objectives provide goals you should achieve by the end of the chapter.</li>
<li>Abbreviation Exercises accompanying the abbreviation list for each chapter provide an opportunity to practice and become familiar with the abbreviations you need to know.</li>
<li>Test your knowledge of what you’ve learned with Review Questions at the end of each chapter.</li>
<li>Think About topics test your ability to problem solve with situations you might encounter in practice.</li>
<li>Thought-provoking Scenarios present realistic situations to help you learn the role and responsibilities of health unit coordinators and prepare for conflicts that can occur on the job.</li>
<li>Take Note boxes reinforce key information from the chapter with summaries and new information to help you better understand the material.</li>
<li>Doctors’ Orders show real examples of doctors’ orders with explanations and interpretations to help you prepare for situations in practice.</li>
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<li>UNIQUE! Electronic medical record with computer physician order entry information throughout the book keep you informed on the latest technological advances in the field and prepare you for practice.</li>
<li>New and updated illustrations and photos provide realistic pictures of actual equipment to increase your understanding of the content.</li>
<li>Additional "bad" handwriting examples help you decipher all kinds of handwriting.</li>
<li>Information on alternative therapies for treating illness, holistic nursing, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations keeps you current with the latest information in the field.</li>
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LaFleur Brooks' Health Unit Coordinating

Master skills in a simulated hospital setting before working in actual hospital practice! The 96 exercises and activities in this practice manual correspond to LaFleur Brooks’ Health Unit Coordinating, 6th Edition and provide hands-on experience by specifying necessary skills, as well as the materials and steps you need to practice them. Plus, the companion CD-ROM packaged with this manual simulates a hospital computer system to help you hone skills you’ll use in the field!
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<li>Activities correspond to chapters in the main text to make using the practice manual with the text easy.</li>
<li>"Practice Activity Software for Transcription of Physicians’ Orders" on the companion CD-ROM allows you to complete activities on the computer for realistic practice.</li>
<li>Practice entering orders, printing a nursing unit census, admitting/transferring/discharging a patient, verifying or canceling tests, locating or creating a patient profile, and more with the realistic hospital computer system on the "Practice Activity Software for Transcription of Physicians’ Orders CD-ROM."</li>
<li> Complete all the same activities from the CD-ROM anywhere, without a computer, with the "Ordering Requisitions" appendix.</li>
<li>Learn to decipher handwriting with realistic, handwritten doctors’ orders.</li>
<li>"A Clinical Evaluation Record" provides a written record of your performance in the clinical setting to keep track of your success or areas where improvement is needed.</li>
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<li>More doctors’ orders provide even more practice to help you gain experience interpreting real and more complex orders.</li>
<li>Printable physician orders included on the CD provide progressive practice in print form for ease of use.</li>
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Skills Practice Manual for LaFleur Brooks' Health Unit Coordinating

Perfect for everyday reference, on-the-job training, or education, this handy pocket guide includes a wealth of information you need to succeed in health unit coordinating. This new edition includes even more lists and tables containing step-by-step procedures, practical tips, bulleted lists, and thumb tabs for quick reference!
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<li>Includes practical tips for carrying out job responsibilities in the work environment.</li>
<li>Find information on both paper charts and electronic medical records in the Maintaining the Patient’s Chart chapter.</li>
<li>Step-By-Step Procedures provide a quick guide to your daily tasks.</li>
<li>Transcribing Doctors’ Orders chapter provides instructions on transcription and recognizing the many types of orders.</li>
<li>Staying organized is easy with a personal record-keeping section that includes telephone number and time management pages.</li>
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<li>More lists and tables make finding information quick and easy.</li>Add your own notes on the blank pages provided in the back of the guide.Two appendices ― Medical/Diagnostic/Surgical Terms and Commonly Ordered Medications ― provide even more practical information on topics you’ll see in practice.</ul>

LaFleur Brooks' Health Unit Coordinating Pocket Guide

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Health Unit Coordinating - Text, Skills Practice Manual, and Pocket Guide Package

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