Being A Health Unit Coordinator (5th Edition)

Retaining an emphasis on the patient-centered approach, Being A Health Unit Coordinator provides complete and current information on the topics that health unit coordinators must comprehend. Moving from the simple to the complex, it lays a foundation of skills necessary for all medical-clerical workers, and follows with more specific health unit coordinating procedures. Included in this edition is new medication information, the newest information on diagnostic and therapeutic orders, updated information on the impact of managed care on the health care facility, updated information on medical laws and ethics as well as review questions and learning activities. For students enrolled in unit coordinating programs or as a reference for those that are practicing.

This edition of Being a Health Unit Coordinator is once again prepared by Kay Cox-Stevens, R.N., M.A. She is a Professor of Health Sciences at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California, and owns a consulting business, Achiever's Development Enterprises. She is a former instructor of health unit coordinators. She is a founding member of NAHUC (The National Association of Health Unit Coordinators) and a former regional representative and Director of Education of that organization. She is the series editor for the Medical Clerical Series and for the Clinical Allied Health textbook series for Career Publishing.