Health Unit Coordinating Quiz
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Which of the following is one of the tasks the HUC is responsible for in assisting the doctor?
A. Placing calls to or receiving calls from his/her office
B. Obtaining coffee for the doctor upon request
C. Entering orders into the patient’s EMR when the doctor is in a hurry
D. Doing a food run to the cafeteria when the doctor does not have time to go to lunch
A CDSS is a computer program that:
A. Assists nurses in interpreting doctors’ orders
B. Assists the HUC when rewriting doctors’ orders.
C. provides alerts when there is a conflict in the doctors’ orders at the point of entry.
D. provides assistance for ancillary personnel who interpret doctors’ orders.
The HUC position was created during World War II because:
A. nurses went on strike to protest 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.
Which of the following is the first step in the evolution of any profession?
A. Certification or licensure
B. Formal education
C. On-the-job training
D. Formation of a national association
The physician has written an order for a blood test on a patient’s paper chart. The role of the HUC would be 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.
The abbreviation CPOE means:
A. controlled physician orders executed.
B. computerized partial orders entered
C. computer physician order entry.
D. compact physician orders entered.
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
The abbreviation that indicates the student status of the health unit coordinator is:
A. CHUC
B. HUC
C. SHUC
D. SRN
One of the benefits of CPOE is that:
A. the HUC will have time to take earned breaks.
B. the doctor will spend less time at the hospital.
C. the HUC will not have the responsibility of reading doctors’ handwriting.
D. the nurses will have more time to spend with patients.
One of the responsibilities added to the HUC role with the implementation of the EMR is:
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.
The HUC could be cross trained in the following position in the hospital setting:
A. LPN
B. Certified respiratory therapist (CRT)
C. Personal care associate (PCA)
D. Certified physical therapist (CPT)
When the EMR with CPOE is implemented, the HUC 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.
One of the benefits of being a member of the NAHUC is:
A. it provides more friends on social networks.
B. it impresses friends.
C. it provides a forum for sharing ideas and challenges.
D. the conventions are so much fun.
Other nonclinical career choices that the HUC may pursue would be:
A. CPT
B. Health information manager.
C. CRT
D. LPN
Working HUCs can prepare for changes involving the EMR with CPOE by:
A. becoming a licensed practical nurse (LPN).
B. taking nursing assistant classes.
C. finding another job.
D. taking additional computer classes.
