Reflection on Fundamental of Medical Order Course

Introduction
Patients’ safety is most essential in clinical settings. In order to store and maintain the
health records of the patients it is important to have a knowledge on medical orders and rules
of client admission, transfer, discharge orders, dietary order, lab test order and many others.
Fundamental of medical order course helps in providing a better understanding about the
topic in this regard. Here, I am going to reflect my view regarding the course.
Experience throughout the course
Throughout the course, my skills were challenged and refined with each and every
experience. This course helped me in enhancing my critical thinking skill as well as problem
solving ability. I gained comprehensive knowledge in many aspects however, specifically,
orders related to tubes, suctions and infusion therapy was more informative as well as
valuable which attracted my interest. Role of a hospital unit clerk is also to provide
information and answering all the queries, hence, orders related to these areas specifically
helped me in acquiring more knowledge. The course content helped me to understand the role
of HUC as previously I had no idea that being a clerk I need to resolve queries of the patients
and their families as previously I thought my task will be just to transcribe and process data.
The scope of practice of a hospital unit clerk is assisting the physicians as well as other
healthcare providers within a healthcare organization. At the same time, the hospital unit
clerks work in transcribing and processing the physician orders that include laboratory,
medication, diagnostic imaging and the treatment orders. The clerks are responsible for
variety of administrative tasks and they need to keep the records of the patients. This requires
transcribing and processing the data when necessary. Scope of practice is associated with the
fulfilling of legal expectation. A successful placement always ensures reciprocal and mutual
benefits of the workers as well as the organizations. Working within the scope of practice