cover image - Today's Medical Assistant - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780323636476
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 03-31-2020
Page Count: 1321
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $131.99

Today's Medical Assistant - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 4th Edition

by Kathy Bonewit-West, BS, MEd and Sue Hunt, MA, RN, CMA (AAMA)

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cover image - Today's Medical Assistant - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780323636476
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 03-31-2020
Page Count: 1321
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $131.99
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Bringing together comprehensive yet student-friendly coverage of medical assisting competencies and a solid foundation of anatomy and physiology, Today's Medical Assistant: Clinical & Administrative Procedures, 4th Edition provides everything your students need to successfully begin a career as a medical assistant. This hands-on guide uses easy-to-follow language and detailed visuals to walk them through all the medical knowledge, procedures, and skills needed for success in today's fast-paced medical office. Cutting-edge content is organized around medical assisting standards and competencies, supplemented throughout with a wide assortment of engaging learning tools and activities that help students to fully understand and demonstrate those competencies. The 4th Edition features enhanced coverage of healthcare law, certification, electronic health records, motivational interviewing, office management, and more, as well as additional procedures to address behavior-based competencies and expanded sample certification exams online. If you want your students to be fully prepared for tomorrow’s professional landscape, then look no further than Today’s Medical Assistant!

    • NEW! New content on healthcare trends and laws, certification for Medical Assistants, electronic health records, motivational interviewing, office management, and more ensures that students have the latest information needed to obtain employment and long-term success on the job.
    • NEW! New procedures address the affective (behavior-based) MAERB competencies to provide example-driven teaching and learning tools.
    • NEW! Updated art program focuses on the workings of a modern medical office and includes updated illustrations and photographs of office procedures and medical records.
    • NEW! Improved test bank includes rationales for correct and incorrect answers, cognitive leveling for questions, and mapping to chapter objectives and exam categories.
    • NEW! Expanded and updated sample certification exams provide comprehensive practice from Day 1 to ensure test-day readiness.
    • Consistent and meticulous coverage throughout all elements of the text and its learning package provide reliable content and unparalleled accuracy on the responsibilities of the modern medical assistant.
    • More than 120 detailed, step-by-step procedures include illustrations and are accompanied by skills videos online.
    • UNIQUE! Effective learning aids include procedure charting activities, What Would You Do?/What Would You Not Do? scenarios, patient education and practice applications, and much more.
    • Wide range of engaging learning activities on the companion website gives students a fun way to practice their medical assisting knowledge.
    • NEW! New content on healthcare trends and laws, certification for Medical Assistants, electronic health records, motivational interviewing, office management, and more ensures that you have the latest information needed to obtain employment and long-term success on the job.
    • NEW! New procedures address the affective (behavior-based) MAERB competencies to provide example-driven learning tools.
    • NEW! Updated art program focuses on the workings of a modern medical office and includes updated illustrations and photographs of office procedures and medical records.
    • NEW! Expanded and updated sample certification exams provide realistic practice to help you prepare to pass the test and launch your Medical Assisting career.
  • SECTION 1: Introduction to Medical Assisting
    1. The Health Care System
    2. The Professional Medical Assistant
    3. Ethics and Law for the Medical Office
    4. Interacting with Patients

    SECTION 2: Anatomy and Physiology
    5. Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
    6. Integumentary System
    7. Skeletal System
    8. Muscular System
    9. Nervous System
    10. The Senses
    11. Endocrine System
    12. Circulatory System
    13. Respiratory System
    14. Digestive System
    15. Urinary System
    16. Reproductive System

    SECTION 3: Clinical Component
    17. Medical Asepsis and the OSHA Standard
    18. Sterilization and Disinfection
    19. Vital Signs
    20. The Physical Examination
    21. Eye and Ear Assessment and Procedures
    22. Physical Agents to Promote Tissue Healing
    23. The Gynecologic Examination and Prenatal Care
    24. The Pediatric Examination
    25. Minor Office Surgery
    26. Administration of Medication and Intravenous Therapy
    27. Cardiopulmonary Procedures
    28. Specialty Examinations and Procedures: Colon Procedures, Male Reproductive Health, and Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging
    29. Introduction to the Clinical Laboratory
    30. Urinalysis
    31. Phlebotomy
    32. Hematology
    33. Blood Chemistry and Immunology
    34. Medical Microbiology
    35. Nutrition
    36. Emergency Preparedness and Protective Practices
    37. Emergency Medical Procedures and First Aid

    SECTION 4: Administrative Component
    38. The Medical Record
    39. Patient Reception
    40. Medical Office Computerization
    41. Telephone Techniques
    42. Scheduling Appointments
    43. Medical Records Management
    44. Written Communications and Mail
    45. Managing Practice Finances
    46. Medical Coding
    47. Medical Insurance
    48. Billing and Collections
    49. The Medical Assistant as Office Manager
    50. Obtaining Employment

    Glossary
    Index

  • Kathy Bonewit-West, BS, MEd, Professor Emeritus, Medical Assistant Program, Hocking College, Nelsonville, OH; Former Member, Curriculum Review Board American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), Chicago, IL, USA and Sue Hunt, MA, RN, CMA (AAMA), Former Professor and Coordinator, Medical Assisting Program, Middlesex Community College, Lowell, MA
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