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Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant. An Applied Learning Approach. Edition No. 14

  • Book

  • November 2019
  • Elsevier Health Science
  • ID: 5646554
More than any other product on the market, the most successful Medical Assistants begin their careers with Kinn. Trusted for more than 60 years, Kinn's The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach, 14th Edition teaches you real-world clinical skills essential for a career in the modern medical office- always with a focus on application through unfolding case scenarios, critical thinking questions, procedure videos, and interactive exercises. The reorganized 14th edition features new authors and a chapter reviewing medical terminology and anatomy. With an easy-to-read format and full continuum of separately sold adaptive solutions, real-world simulations, EHR documentation experience, and HESI remediation and assessment - you'll learn the leading skills of modern medical assisting to prepare for certification and a successful career in the dynamic and growing Medical Assisting profession.

- Comprehensive coverage of all clinical procedures prepares you for a wide variety of Medical Assisting careers. - 115 step-by-step illustrated procedures with rationales break down how to perform critical skills for practice. - Applied approach to learning helps you use what you've learned in the clinical setting, including case scenarios, critical thinking exercises, procedures videos, and interactive online activities. - Access to hands-on activities incorporates use of SimChart? for the Medical Office software (sold separately) to prepare you for documentation of clinical encounters. - Patient education and legal and ethical features help relate content to practical use. - Key vocabulary terms and definitions are presented at the beginning of each chapter and highlighted in text discussions. - Summary of Learning Objectives serves as a checkpoint and study tool. - Robust companion website includes chapter quizzes, certification practice exams, procedure videos, and interactive exercises. - NEW! Chapter reviews medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathology to help you build a solid medical foundation. - NEW! Artwork focused on the workings of a modern medical office, includes updated illustrations and photographs of procedures and medical records. - NEW! Expanded and updated sample certification exams help you practice and prepare for certification. - NEW! Streamlined presentation refines organization and writing for easy comprehension. - NEW! Patient-centered care is emphasized throughout. - NEW! Improved test bank includes rationales for correct and incorrect answers, cognitive leveling for questions, and mapping to chapter objectives and exam blueprints.

Table of Contents

PART 1 - Introduction to Medical Assisting 1.The Professional Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team 2.Health Records 3.Introduction to Anatomy and Medical Terminology PART 2 - Fundamentals of Clinical Medical Assisting 4.Infection Control 5.Vital Signs 6.Physical Examination 7.Patient Coaching 8.Nutrition and Health Promotion 9.Surgical Supplies and Instruments 10.Assisting with Surgical Procedures 11.Principles of Electrocardiography 12.Medical Emergencies PART 3 - Assisting with Medications 13.Principles of Pharmacology 14.Pharmacology Math 15.Administering Medications PART 4 - Assisting with Medical Specialties 16.Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology 17.Dermatology 18.Allergy and Infectious Disease 19.Gastroenterology 20.Orthopedics and Rheumatology 21.Neurology 22.Behavioral Health 23.Endocrinology 24.Cardiology 25.Pulmonology 26.Urology and Male Reproduction 27.Obstetrics and Gynecology 28.Pediatrics 29.Geriatrics PART 5 - Assisting with Clinical Laboratory Procedures 30.Introduction to the Clinical Laboratory 31.Urinalysis 32.Blood Collection 33.Analysis of Blood 34.Microbiology and Immunology PART 6 - Job Seeking 35.Skills and Strategies

Glossary Index

Authors

Brigitte Niedzwiecki Medical Assistant Program Director & Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. 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 Medical Assisting Program Instructor, Health Navigator Program Director, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. 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 sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician's Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office and co-author of Health Insurance Today, 7e. She is taking over sole authorship of what will be titled Beik's Health Insurance Today, 8e