Nursing Unit Clerk

This course will provide a comprehensive orientation to Stenberg College and the program you have enrolled in. As with all new things, there will be some challenges and excitement; this course, will explore transitioning as a college student, review learning styles, enhance critical thinking, and familiarize you with the resources available for your use. This course covers student success skills where you will learn effective study habits (specifically to improving both reading and writing skills) based on your own personal learning style. Life skills exercises are also integral to the course, teaching communication, accountability, teamwork, self-awareness and building an understanding of the impact you have on others.

You will learn the skills and knowledge necessary to compile and maintain a patient’s chart, and to understand the legal and ethical guidelines that influence its use. You will understand and practice procedures for performing and managing patient admissions, transfers, and discharges in an acute care hospital setting.

This course covers the basics of Medication, Laboratory, Diagnostic, and Surgical Order Transcription. You will develop skills focusing on the knowledge and practice of procedures required to process orders for medications, intravascular therapy, and total parenteral nutrition in an acute care hospital setting.

You will gain extensive knowledge of frequently ordered laboratory tests, learn the skills necessary to process surgical orders, and build your skills in diagnostic order transcription. You will learn the fundamentals of lab order processing, surgical orders and diagnostic imaging. You will be able to identify what needs to be done to prepare a patient for a variety of tests, and which tests require a consent form.

The ability to work and communicate effectively in a professional environment is a high-demand skill. This course will help you navigate the professional environment with a specific focus on working and communicating with others, behaving ethically and professionally, and being accountable and responsible. The second week of this course will focus on role play and application of skills.

The Hospital Computer Information Technology Practice course provides you with training developed by BC health authorities to orient you to using the primary computer programs that you will use on the job.

You will learn to network effectively to search and apply for jobs, and to prepare targeted resumes and cover letters. You will be provided with coaching and individualized instructor feedback on your resume, cover letter, and interview skills.

You will focus on the development of accurate and efficient keyboarding skills which you will practice throughout the program in order to achieve or exceed the minimum typing requirement set for program completion.

During the Consolidated Practice Experience (CPE) students will have the opportunity to practice the skills learned in the classroom, and to further develop and master those skills. This course will provide you with experiences that will refine the skills to the level of competency required in a hospital setting.