Study Guide for Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals

Administrative and Clinical Competencies with Anatomy & Physiology
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-323-59752-4
Verlag: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Buch, Englisch, 1136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 282 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 2142 g

Gain thorough and engaging practice with essential medical assisting job skills! Designed to accompany Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals: Administrative and Clinical Competencies with Anatomy & Physiology, this study guide offers a wide range of exercises to reinforce your understanding of administrative and clinical competencies, as well as foundational content such as anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and math calculations. With a combination of review questions, application activities, and competency checklists, it's the essential practice and review you need to succeed in clinical practice!
- Procedure Checklists and Work Products provide documentation to confirm mastery of competencies for accrediting organizations and portfolio building.
- Vocabulary review, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions test your content knowledge and understanding of critical concepts.
- Skills & Concepts, Word Puzzles, Case Studies, Workplace Applications, and Internet Activities offer application and critical thinking exercises to enhance your learning experience.
- Chapter review quizzes assess your comprehension and serve as an excellent review for classroom and certification exams.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Niedzwiecki, Brigitte

Pepper, Julie

Weaver, P. Ann, MSEd, MT(ASCP)

Weaver, P. Ann

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Berufe, Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Physiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Anatomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Unit 1: Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology
1. Medical Terminology Basics
2. Anatomy and Pathology Basics
3. Musculoskeletal System
4. Integumentary System
5. Digestive System
6. Urinary System
7. Reproductive System
8. Blood
9. Lymphatic System and Immunity
10. Cardiovascular System
11. Respiratory System
12. Nervous System and Mental Health
13. Sensory System
14. Endocrine System
Unit 2: Professional Medical Assistant
15. Professionalism in Healthcare
16. Legal Basics
17. Healthcare Laws
18. Healthcare Ethics
Unit 3: Administrative Ambulatory Care
19. The Health Record
20. Telephone Techniques and Scheduling
21. Technology and Written Communication
22. Reception and Daily Operations
23. Health Insurance Basics
24. Diagnostic Coding Basics
25. Procedural Coding Basics
26. Billing and Reimbursement
27. Accounts, Collections, and Banking
Unit 4: Basic Clinical Procedures
28. Infection Control
29. Vital Signs
30. Physical Examination
31. Assisting in Obstetrics and Gynecology
32. Assisting in Pediatrics
33. Assisting in Geriatrics
34. Assisting in Minor Surgery
Unit 5: Advanced Clinical Procedures
35. Patient Coaching with Health Promotion
36. Patient Coaching with Nutrition
37. Pharmacology Basics
38. Administering Medication
39. Cardiopulmonary Procedures

40. Medical Emergencies
Unit 6: Medical Laboratory
41. Assisting in the Clinical Laboratory
42. Assisting in the Analysis of Urine
43. Assisting in Blood Collection
44. Assisting in the Analysis of Blood
45. Assisting in Microbiology and Immunology
Unit 7: Employment Seeking
46. Career Development

Über Autor(innen)

Pepper, Julie
Julie Pepper has spent her entire career in health care as a medical assistant in a variety of offices and clinics, developing expertise in the electronic health record and as an instructor in a medical assistant program. She combines her education in dietetics with her clinical and administrative experience as an instructor in the Medical Assisting program at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin, where she taught for 21 years and from where she retired from teaching. Julie was also the program director for the college's Health Navigator program. She has served as a reviewer and contributor to numerous Medical Assisting educational products over the last decade, including Sim Chart for the Medical Office. She currently serves as the sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician's Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office. She has been leading author of Beik's Health Insurance Today text and workbook since the 8th edition. She also has been a coauthor for Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals, Kinn's The Medical Assistant, and Today's Medical Assistant. Julie strives to bring the needed information to students in a way to keep them interested in learning all that they need to be wonderful employees working in healthcare.

Niedzwiecki, Brigitte
Brigitte Niedzwiecki began her healthcare career as a nurse, working in the hospital with surgical and pediatric patients and also in urgent care. After obtaining her master's degree in nursing, Brigitte worked in patient and staff education, as a software trainer, and as a nurse educator before transitioning into education. She has been the Medical Assisting program director at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin for nearly 20 years, during which time she has participated in reviewing and writing and has helped develop state and national Medical Assisting curricula. She is also lead author of Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals, a related MA core text designed primarily for programs that do not offer a separate A&P course and are focused on certification.