Hospital Unit Coordinator Schools prepare their students to serve as communications liaisons between nurses

Hospital Unit Coordinator Schools prepare their students to serve as communications liaisons between nurses, patients, physicians, administrators, other members of a health care team. Prospective Hospital Unit Coordinator (HUC) students are prepared with good working knowledge of medical terminology for transcribing physicians' orders, scheduling tests and appointments, and working with patient charts.

Hospital Unit Coordinator Schools teach courses in healthcare facility operations; communications; computer data input and record keeping; maintaining patient information; transcribing physicians' orders; monitoring patient activities; and anatomy, physiology, CPR, and unit management. Externships in medical facilities will be required of all students.

HUC students learn to chart information; answer phones and deliver messages to unit personnel; manage unit communications; keep work areas neat and clean; and order supplies, prepare consent forms, and greet visitors.

On the job, HUCs may be responsible for delivering menus, flowers, mail and messages to the patients; ordering meals and requesting lab reports; and for processes of admitting, transferring, and discharging patients. HUCs are trained to input patient information to and retrieve patient data from computer terminals and to maintain strict confidentiality of all hospital, personnel, and patient information.

Most HUC school graduates will find work in hospitals, though some may work in nursing homes, medical clinics, and other offices where medical and clerical services are needed.

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