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Unit Clerk Basics: How a Hospital Unit Runs
Learn what a unit clerk does at a hospital nursing station in Alberta: admissions and discharges, phones and visitors, booking tests and transport, and planning a shift. Five short lessons and a quiz, with a certificate of completion.
60minutes
5lessons
1final quiz
Freecertificate of completion
What you’ll be able to do
- Describe a hospital unit, the nursing station and the roles on the care team
- List the main unit clerk duties given in the Government of Alberta occupation profile
- Follow checklists for admissions, transfers and discharges and keep the census and room list accurate
- Take and read back a message so it reaches the right nurse or physician
- Build a one-patient timeline that finds conflicts between tests, treatments and transport
- Plan a shift, set priorities and write a handover note that a colleague can act on
Curriculum
01
Course lessons
5 lessons · module quiz- 01
The hospital unit and the care teamLesson - 02
Admissions, transfers, discharges and the censusLesson - 03
Phones, messages and visitors at the nursing stationLesson - 04
Coordinating tests, transport and suppliesLesson - 05
Working a shift: priorities, handover and self-careLesson - 06
QUIZUnit Clerk Basics: final quizQuiz