Component 2: The Culture of Healthcare: Hospital Departments and Their Functions Clinical

Component 2: The Culture of Healthcare
3.1: Unit 3: Health Care Settings Where

Care is Delivered
3.1 e: Hospital Departments and Their

Functions (Clinical)
Hospital Departments and Their

Functions Clinical
– Nursing Education, Administration, Research and
Practice
– Nursing Units
– Surgery department (suite)
– Pathology/laboratory department
– Radiology/imaging department
– Dietary department
Health IT Workforce Curriculum

Component 2/Unit 3.1e 2
Version 1.0/Fall 2010
Hospital Departments and Their

Functions (cont’d)
– Respiratory care department
– Rehabilitation services
– Pharmacy

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Nursing, Education, Administration,

Research, and Practice
• Personnel Overview Chief of Nursing, administrative
assistant, nursing education specialists
• Description of Functions in service education;
credentialing of nurses; competency assessment;
promote, develop, and maintain an organizational
climate conducive to quality nursing practice and
effective management of the nursing resource;
effectively manage financial, human, material, and
information resources.

Nursing Units
• Personnel Nursing supervisor, administrative
assistants, RNs,
• Description of Functions provide specific care
based on floor designation (i
(i.e.
e Intensive Care
Unit, Medical/Surgical floor, Obstetrics, Labor
and Delivery), educate patients about their
disease and treatment, patient advocate

Surgery Department (Suite)

• Personnel Overview MDs (surgeons and
anesthesiologists), nurse anesthetists, RNs,
surgical technologists, central sterile supply
technicians, patient transport technicians
• Description of Functions nurse intra
operative reporting, ordering supplies,
inventory control, case cost tracking, patient
tracking, case scheduling, perform patient
surgeries

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Pathology/Laboratory Department
• Personnel Overview pathologist, laboratory manager, section
supervisors, clinical laboratory scientists (medical technologists), clinical
laboratory technicians (medical laboratory technicians), clinical laboratory
assistants, administrative assistants
• Description of Functions process, prepare, and view microscopic sections
of tissues; perform diagnostic testing on blood and body fluids in the
following areas hematology, urinalysis, blood bank, clinical chemistry,
immunology/serology, clinical microbiology; collect samples from patients;
refer specialty testing to specialty labs; maintain and issue units of blood
for transfusion; perform bone marrow biopsies and aspirations; generate
patient reports; analyze data; conduct a continuous quality improvement
program; generate management reports; and manage finances.

Radiology/Imaging Department
• Personnel Overview radiologist, chief technologist,
technologists, patient escorts, receptionists, billing
clerks, file room managers, transcribing secretaries,
clinical secretaries, and schedulers.
• Description of Functions acquisition, manipulation,
storage, retrieval, and analysis of imaged from CT
scanners, x ray machines, digital subtraction
angiography (DSA) machines, Magnetic Resonance
Imaging machines, nuclear medicine scanners, and
ultrasound machines.
Dietary department
• Personnel Overview Dietician, supervisor, food
service workers
• Description of Functions vending, patient
food services,
services catering,
catering cafeteria,
cafeteria and clinical
nutrition services

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Respiratory Therapy Department

• Personnel Overview director, respiratory
therapists, administrative assistant
• Description of Functions evaluate, treat, and
care for p
patients with breathingg or
cardiopulmonary disorders; administer
therapeutic treatments and diagnostic
procedures; consult with physicians to help
develop and modify patient care plans;
manage patients on ventilators

Rehabilitation Services
• Personnel Overview manager, physical therapists,
physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists,
occupational therapist assistants, speech language
pathologists
• Description of Functions personnel diagnose and
treat individuals of all ages who have medical
problems or other health related conditions,
illnesses, or injuries that limits their abilities move
and perform functional activities as well as they
would like in their daily lives.
Pharmacy
• Personnel Overview Director, pharmacists,
pharmacy technicians
• Description of Functions distribute drugs to
individuals; advise patients, physicians, and health
practitioners on the selection, dosages, interactions,
and side effects of medications, as well as monitor
the health and progress of those patients to ensure
they use medications safely and effectively;
compounding mixing of ingredients to form
medications; administer vaccinations

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Component 2: The Culture of Healthcare

3.1: Unit 3: Health Care Settings Where

3.1 e: Hospital Departments and Their

Hospital Departments and Their

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Hospital Departments and Their

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Nursing, Education, Administration,

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Surgery Department (Suite)

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Respiratory Therapy Department

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