Study Guide and Procedure Checklist Manual for Kinn's The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach / Edition 14

by Brigitte Niedzwiecki RN, MSN, RMA, Julie Pepper BS, CMA (AAMA), P. Ann Weaver MSEd, MT(ASCP)

Overview

Designed to support the trusted content in Kinn’s The Medical Assistant, 14^th Edition, this study guide is the essential review and practice companion to reinforce key concepts, encourage critical thinking, and ensure that you learn to master and apply key medical assisting content. This robust companion guide offers a wide range of exercises to reinforce your understanding of common administrative and clinical skills — including new certification preparation questions that offer additional practice for certification exams, a review of medical terminology and anatomy, and need-to-know workplace applications. Trusted for more than 60 years as a key part of the student journey from classroom to career, it also features competency checklists to clearly assess your performance and progression from day one until you land your first job as a Medical Assistant.

• Comprehensive coverage of all administrative and clinical procedures is built from Medical Assisting accreditation standards and competencies.
• Hundreds of practice questions (multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank) help students with essential content review and practice.
• Skills practice, workplace applications, and online activities promote critical thinking before students enter practice.
• Procedure checklists help students track their performance of every procedure included in the textbook.
• Work products allows students to provide documentation of skills mastery for classroom or job-searching requirements.
• Chapter-by-chapter correlation with the textbook allows students to easily follow core textbook competencies.
• Perforated pages for on-the-go study or turn-in assignments and evaluations.

• NEW! Chapter reviews medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathology to reinforce key foundational knowledge.
• NEW! Expanded content on medical office accounts, collections, banking, and practice management prepares students to step into the role of a Medical Assistant.
• NEW! Certification Preparation questions help students focus on certification from the beginning of their studies.
• NEW! Streamlined presentation combines chapters and focuses on need-to-know content.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323608695
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	10/28/2019
Edition description:	14th ed.
Pages:	1152
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

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

Julie Pepper has spent her entire career in health care, first as a medical assistant in a variety of offices and clinics, developing expertise in the electronic health record. 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 has taught for the past 18 years. Julie is also the program director for the college’s new Health Navigator program. She has served as reviewer and contributor to numerous Medical Assisting educational products over the last decade, including SimChart for the Medical Office; she currently serves as co-author of the Kinn’s The Medical Assistant franchise and Health Insurance Today and sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician’s Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office.

Table of Contents

PART 1 – Introduction to Medical Assisting 1. The Professional Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team 2. Therapeutic Communication 3. Legal Principles 4. Healthcare Laws 5. Healthcare Ethics

PART 2 – Fundamentals of Ambulatory Care Administration 6. Technology 7. Written Communication 8. Telephone Techniques 9. Scheduling Appointments and Patient Processing 10. Health Records 11. Daily Operations and Safety

PART 3 –Coding and Medical Billing 12. Health Insurance Essentials 13. Diagnostic Coding Essentials 14. Procedural Coding Essentials 15. Medical Billing and Reimbursement Essentials

PART 4 – Advanced Ambulatory Care Administration 16. Patient Accounts and Practice Management 17. Advanced Roles in Administration

PART 5 – Fundamentals of Clinical Medical Assisting 18. NEW! Introduction to Anatomy and Medical Terminology 19. Infection Control 20. Vital Signs 21. Physical Examination 22. Patient Coaching 23. Nutrition and Health Promotion 24. Surgical Supplies and Instruments 25. Assisting with Surgical Procedures 26. Principles of Electrocardiography 27. Medical Emergencies

PART 6 – Assisting with Medications 28. Principles of Pharmacology 29. Pharmacology Math 30. Administering Medications

PART 7 – Assisting with Medical Specialties 31. Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology 32. Dermatology 33. Allergy and Infectious Disease 34. Gastroenterology 35. Orthopedics and Rheumatology 36. Neurology 37. Behavioral Health 38. Endocrinology 39. Cardiology 40. Pulmonology 41. Urology and Male Reproduction 42. Obstetrics and Gynecology 43. Pediatrics 44. Geriatrics

PART 8 – Assisting with Clinical Laboratory Procedures 45. Introduction to the Clinical Laboratory 46. Urinalysis 47. Blood Collection 48. Analysis of Blood 49. Microbiology and Immunology

PART 9 – Job Seeking 50. Skills and Strategies

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