Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals
Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals

Author: Brigitte Niedzwiecki

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2018-08-31

Total Pages: 1247

ISBN-13: 0323551203

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Launch your Medical Assisting career with Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals: Administrative and Clinical Competencies with Anatomy & Physiology! This practical, hands-on text features an easy-to-understand writing style and detailed visuals designed to help you master all the Medical Assisting knowledge, procedures, and skills needed for career success. Based on trusted content from the bestselling Kinn's product suite, this brand-new text and its accompanying resources incorporate the latest standards and competencies throughout, as well as approachable coverage of math, medical terminology, soft skills, and anatomy and physiology. - Easy-to-grasp writing style is appropriate for all levels of learners in all types of Medical Assisting programs. - Trusted Kinn's content supports the following exam plans: CMA from the American Association of Medical Assistants; RMA and CMAS from American Medical Technologist; CCMA and CMAA from the National Healthcareer Association; NCMA from the National Center for Competency Testing; and CMAC from the American Medical Certification Association. - Emphasis on anatomy and physiology — along with pathology, signs/symptoms, diagnostic procedures, and treatments — enables you to meet key competencies. - Strong focus on medical terminology includes feature boxes that highlight chapter-related medical terminology to help you learn word parts, pronunciation, and definitions. - Math exercises embedded throughout the text challenge you to sharpen your math skills. - Procedures are mapped to CAAHEP and ABHES accreditation standards down to the step, offer rationales for each step, and can be conveniently performed in the classroom. - Customer Service boxes in appropriate chapters help you develop the soft skills that employers seek when hiring Medical Assistants. - Applied learning approach introduces a case scenario at the beginning of each chapter and then revisits it throughout the chapter to help you understand new concepts as they are presented. - Chapter learning tools include vocabulary with definitions, critical thinking applications, and content that ties directly to the order of learning objectives. - Pharmacology glossary of the top 100-150 most common over-the-counter and prescription medications gives you quick access to pronunciation guides, generic and trade names, and drug classification.

Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant
Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant

Author: Deborah B. Proctor

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2016-05-10

Total Pages: 970

ISBN-13: 0323446051

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Clinical Medical Assisting begins with Kinn! Elsevier’s Kinn’s The Clinical Medical Assistant, 13th Edition provides you with the real-world clinical skills that are essential to working in the modern medical office. An applied learning approach to the MA curriculum is threaded throughout each chapter to help you further develop the tactile and critical thinking skills necessary to assist with medications, diagnostic procedures, and surgeries. Paired with our adaptive solutions, real-world simulations, EHR documentation and HESI remediation and assessment, you will learn the leading skills of modern clinical medical assisting in the classroom! Applied approach to learning helps you use what you’ve learned in the clinical setting. Clinical procedures integrated into the TOC provide you with a quick reference. Detailed learning objectives and vocabulary with definitions highlight what’s important in each chapter. Step-by-step procedures explain complex conditions and abstract concepts. Rationales for each procedure clarify the need for each step and explains why it’s being performed. Critical thinking applications test your understanding of the content. Patient education and legal and ethical issues are described in relation to the clinical Medical Assistant's job. Threaded case scenarios help you apply concepts to realistic clinical situations. Portfolio builder helps you demonstrate clinical proficiency to potential employers. NEW! Chapter on The Health Record reviews how you will maintain and interact with the medical record. NEW! Chapter on Competency-Based Education helps you confidently prepare for today’s competitive job market. NEW! Clinical procedure videos help you to visualize and review key procedures.

Study Guide for Today's Medical Assistant - E-Book
Study Guide for Today's Medical Assistant - E-Book

Author: Kathy Bonewit-West

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2014-07-30

Total Pages: 1329

ISBN-13: 0323291791

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Use this study tool to master the content from your Today's Medical Assistant: Clinical & Administrative Procedures, 2nd Edition textbook! Corresponding to the chapters in the textbook by Kathy Bonewit-West, Sue Hunt, and Edith Applegate, this study guide helps you understand and apply the material with practical exercises, activities, flashcards, checklists, review questions, and more. Chapter assignment tables at the beginning of chapters guide you through textbook and study guide assignments, and make it easy to track your progress. Laboratory assignment tables list the procedures in each chapter, including study guide page number references, and indicate the procedures shown on the DVDs. A pretest and posttest in each chapter measure your understanding with 10 true/false questions. Key term assessments include exercises to help in reviewing and mastering new vocabulary. Evaluation of Learning questions let you assess your understanding, evaluate progress, and prepare for the certification examination. Critical thinking activities let you apply your knowledge to real-life situations. Practice for Competency sections offer extra practice on clinical skills presented in the book. Evaluation of Competency checklists evaluate your performance versus stated objectives and updated CAAHEP performance standards. Updated content includes exercises for topics such as electronic medical records, advanced directives, HIPAA, emergency preparedness, ICD-10 coding, documentation, medical office technology, medical asepsis, vital signs, pediatrics, colonoscopy, IV therapy, and CLIA waived tests. New activities provide practice for the Today's Medical Assistant textbook’s newest and most up-to-date content. New Emergency Protective Practices for the Medical Office chapter includes procedures, critical thinking questions, and other activities to help you understand emergency preparedness. New Wheelchair Transfer Procedure and Evaluation of Competency checklist includes a step-by-step guide to this important procedure. New video evaluation worksheets on the Evolve companion website reinforce the procedures demonstrated on the textbook DVDs. New practicum and externship activities on Evolve provide practice with real-world scenarios.

MA Notes
MA Notes

Author: Cindi Brassington

Publisher: F.A. Davis

Published: 2020-05-19

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1719642680

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This handy guide provides all the commonly used, but rarely memorized information you need in both the front and back office—from normal lab values and common medical abbreviations to dosage calculations, triage questions, and more.

Study Guide for Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals E-Book
Study Guide for Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals E-Book

Author: Brigitte Niedzwiecki

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2021-11-23

Total Pages: 1505

ISBN-13: 0323824587

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Get the review and practice you need to master essential medical assisting skills! Corresponding to the chapters in Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals, 2nd Edition, this study guide offers a wide range of exercises to reinforce your understanding of administrative and clinical competencies. Review questions test your proficiency with subjects such as anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, math basics, and key administrative and clinical concepts. Hands-on activities and competency checklists help you apply your knowledge to patient care. The 2nd edition adds coverage of expanded skills approved in many states. It's all the review and practice you need to succeed in the classroom and begin preparing for a successful and rewarding career as a Medical Assistant. - Review and practice supports educational competencies and certification test plan coverage. - Focus on foundational areas includes a solid review of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and basic math calculations. - Vocabulary review, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions test student knowledge and understanding of key concepts. - Skills & Concepts, Word Puzzles, Case Studies, Workplace Applications, and Internet Activities enhance study with application and critical thinking exercises. - Chapter review quizzes assess student comprehension and serve as an excellent review for classroom and certification exams. - Procedure Checklists help students confirm mastery of key administrative and clinical skills. - Work Products provide documentation of key tasks and help in building a skills portfolio. - NEW chapters on intravenous procedures and limited-scope radiography provide coverage of expanded Medical Assisting functions approved in many states. - NEW! Expanded content addresses behavioral health, catheterization procedures, disease states, medical office organization, expanding MA roles, and more.

Essential Clinical Procedures E-Book
Essential Clinical Procedures E-Book

Author: Richard W. Dehn

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2020-01-10

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0323624685

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Provide safe and effective care to every patient with the fully revised 4th Edition of Essential Clinical Procedures. Written by experts in the field, this widely used reference shows you step by step how to perform more than 70 of the most common diagnostic and treatment-related procedures in today's primary care and specialist settings. You'll find clear, concise coverage of the skills you need to know, including new and advanced procedures and new procedure videos. - Covers patient preparation, the proper use of instruments, and potential dangers and complications involved in common procedures, as well as nonprocedural issues such as informed consent, standard precautions, patient education, and procedure documentation. - Includes new chapters on Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Ring Removal, as well as 34 new procedure videos. - Features significantly revised content on cryosurgery • injection techniques • arterial puncture • shoulder/finger subluxations • sterile technique • outpatient coding • casting and splinting • blood cultures • standard precautions • and more. - Contains more than 200 high-quality illustrations, including updated images of office pulmonary function testing and wound closure. - Uses a consistently formatted presentation to help you find information quickly. - Reflects the latest evidence-based protocols and national and international guidelines throughout. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

The Administrative Medical Assistant
The Administrative Medical Assistant

Author: Mary E. Kinn

Publisher: Saunders

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13:

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Now in its 3rd Edition, this popular text gives office personnel just what they need to perform all of their nonclinical tasks with greater skill and efficiency. You get the background to better understand your role and responsibilities... as well as current, step-by-step advice on billing, scheduling, making travel arrangements, ordering supplies - any duty from receptionist to manager you might have in your doctor's office. Includes the latest on... using computers in medical practice; handling medicolegal issues; communicating more effectively with physicians patients, and peers; and transcribing reports... everything you need to be good at your job.