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nursing Unit clerk
*These Medical Terminology courses are available
online through Selkirk College. Contact
Distance Admissions for more information.
Work Practicum
This is a placment in an acute care hospital where
students work under the supervision of experienced
Unit Clerks. Placement requests are sent to a
hospital of the student’s choice in their local
area. Prospective hospitals are contacted by the
College only; students are not to solicit placements.
Every attempt is made to find a placement
in the student’s local area, but in some cases the
student may be required to travel to another area.
Students are eligible for a work practicum after they
have successfully completed all other mandatory
courses. Students must receive credit for practicum
before certification is granted. Students currently
employed as Unit Clerks may apply for prior learning
assessment for the work practicum. Students
seeking placements within IHA and FHA are
advised to attend an on-campus computer training
session prior to practicum.
Program Courses
NUCL 146 Hospital Orientation
This course introduces the learner to hospital
departments, staff and communications, with
emphasis on the role of the Nursing Unit Clerk
(NUC) as the communications coordinator for
the nursing unit. Case study discussions will be
used to help the learner problem-solve authentic
workplace situations.
This course is available via Distance Education.
NUCL 152 Patient Chart Records
This course introduces the learner to the various
forms that constitute a patient chart in the
hospital and the Nursing Unit Clerk’s (NUC)
responsibility for those forms. Information is
given about charting rules and procedures, patient
confidentiality and how to maintain a patient
chart. Using case study examples and actual forms
from the hospital, the learner will create patient
charts.
This course is available via Distance Education.
NUCL 154 Admissions,
Discharges and Transfers
This course introduces the learner to the Nursing
Unit Clerk’s (NUC) role in patient admission,
discharge and transfer procedures within the
hospital. Information is given about the Admitting
Department, their role in these procedures
and how the NUC interacts with this department.
Using case study examples and actual forms from
the hospital, the learner creates admission charts, a
transfer chart and a discharge chart.
Prerequisites
NUCL 152
This course is available via Distance Education.
NUCL 156 Drug Nomenclature
This course introduces the learner to the brand
and generic names, categories and actions of
some of the more commonly used drugs in the
hospital. Information is given about pharmacological
terminology and physicians medication
orders. This course provides the learner with the
pharmaceutical knowledge required to process
physicians medication orders.
This course is available via Distance Education.
NUCL 162 Medication Orders
This course introduces the learner to physicians
medication orders and the Nursing Unit
Clerk’s (NUC) role in processing medication
orders. Information is given about the types and
categories of orders, the use of abbreviations and
acronyms, the components of a medication order,
intravenous (IV) solutions and IV therapy orders.
Actual forms and physicians orders from the
hospital will be used for practice.
Prerequisites
NUCL 156
This course is available via Distance Education.
NUCL 164 Laboratory Orders I
This course introduces the learner to the five
departments within Laboratory Department (Lab),
the role of the Nursing Unit Clerk (NUC) in
processing Lab orders and how the NUC interacts
with the Lab. Information is given about the
various specimens obtained, abbreviations and acronyms
used in Lab orders and requisitioning orders
for the Hematology and Chemistry departments
within the Lab. Actual requisitions and physicians
orders from the hospital will be used for practice.
Case study discussions are used to help learners
problem-solve authentic workplace situations.
This course is available via Distance Education.
NUCL 166 Laboratory Orders II
This course introduces the learner to the
Microbiology, Blood Bank and Pathology
departments of the Laboratory (Lab) and the
Nursing Unit Clerk’s (NUC) role in processing
orders for these departments. Information is given
about the use of abbreviations and acronyms,
specimens obtained, requisitioning orders for
these departments and for specimens sent out to
British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA) and
the Provincial Laboratory in British Columbia.
Actual requisitions and physicians orders from
the hospital will be used for practice. Case study
discussions are used to help learners problem-solve
authentic workplace situations.
This course is available via Distance Education.
NUCL 168 Diagnostic Orders
This course introduces the learner to the diagnostic
departments of Medical Imaging, Electrodi-
agnostics and Pulmonary Laboratory within the
hospital and the Nursing Unit Clerk’s (NUC) role
in processing diagnostic orders. Information is
given about the abbreviations and acronyms used
in diagnostic orders, preparations for Medical
Imaging procedures and requisitioning orders
for these departments. Actual requisitions and
physiciansí orders from the hospital will be used
for practice. Case study discussions are used to
help learners problem-solve authentic workplaces
situations.
This course is available via Distance Education.
NUCL 170 Medical / Surgical Orders
This course assists the learner in reviewing all
program information; it is an accumulation
of information learned in previous courses. A
sampling of actual, typical orders from medical
and surgical units is included. The course
introduces the learner to admitting, pre-operative
(pre-op), discharge and post-operative (post-op)
orders, abbreviations and acronyms used for
surgical procedures and the Nursing Unit clerk’s
role in processing physicians orders.
This course is available via Distance Education.
NUCL 180 Practicum
The Practicum course provides the learner with
a consolidated clinical experience where they
can apply theory from the Nursing Unit Clerk
Program. Students work full shifts with an experienced
Nursing Unit Clerk who acts as Preceptor,
following the Preceptor’s work rotation.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of all theory courses in the
Nursing Unit Clerk program.
This course is available via Distance Education.
Contacts
Distance Admissions
Direct: 250.365.1425
Tel: Ext. 425
distanceadmissions@selkirk.ca
Erna McCall Instructor, Program Contact
Direct: 250.368.3041 (Home office)
Tel: Ext.
emccall@selkirk.ca
Rhonda Schmitz School Chair:
Direct: 250.365.1327
Tel: Ext. 327
rschmitz@selkirk.ca
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