cover image - Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant – Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 15th Edition
ISBN: 9780323883146
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 12-20-2022
Page Count: 1120
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $110.99

Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant – Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 15th Edition

by Brigitte Niedzwiecki, RN, MSN, RMA and Julie Pepper, BS, CMA (AAMA)

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cover image - Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant – Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 15th Edition
ISBN: 9780323883146
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 12-20-2022
Page Count: 1120
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $110.99
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More than any other product on the market, the most successful medical assistants begin their careers with Kinn. Known for more than 65 years for its alignment with national curriculum standards, Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach, 15th Edition teaches real-world clinical skills essential for a career in the modern medical office — always with a focus on helping students apply what they’ve learned. This edition features a new unit on advanced clinical skills and expanded content on telemedicine, infection control related to COVID-19, IV therapy, radiology, rehabilitation, and much more. With its approachable writing style appropriate for all levels of learners and a full continuum of separately sold adaptive solutions, real-world simulations, EHR documentation experience, and HESI remediation and assessment, your students will effectively master the leading clinical skills of modern medical assisting.

    • NEW! Content aligns to 2022 Medical Assisting educational competencies, with comprehensive coverage of all clinical skills.
    • NEW! Advanced Clinical Skills unit features three new chapters on IV therapy, radiology basics, and radiology positioning to support expanded medical assisting functions.
    • NEW! Coverage of telemedicine, enhanced infection control related to COVID-19, and catheterization.
    • NEW! Artwork focused on assisting with imaging, IVs, and catheters, along with updated equipment photos.
    • NEW! Procedures address IV therapy, limited-scope radiography, applying a sling, and coaching for stool collection.
    • EXPANDED! Information on physical medicine and rehabilitation.
    • EXPANDED! Content on specimen collection, including wound swab, nasal, and nasopharyngeal specimen collections.
    • Step-by-step, illustrated procedures include rationales and a focus on professionalism.
    • Electronic health record (EHR) coverage provides access to hands-on activities using SimChart® for the Medical Office (sold separately).
    • Applied learning approach incorporates threaded case scenarios and critical thinking applications.
    • Patient education and legal and ethical features at the end of each chapter reinforce legal and communications implications within medical assisting practice.
    • Key vocabulary terms and definitions are presented at the beginning of each chapter, highlighted in text discussions, and summarized in a glossary for quick reference.
    • Robust Evolve companion website offers lesson planning, content presentation, and assessment tools for educators and procedure videos, practice quizzes, mock certification exams, and interactive exercises for students.
    • NEW! Content aligns to 2022 Medical Assisting educational competencies, with comprehensive coverage of clinical skills.
    • NEW! Advanced Clinical Skills unit features three new chapters on IV therapy, radiology basics, and radiology positioning to support expanded medical assisting functions.
    • NEW! Coverage of telemedicine, enhanced infection control related to COVID-19, and catheterization.
    • NEW! Artwork focused on assisting with imaging, IVs, and catheters, along with updated equipment photos.
    • NEW! Procedures address IV therapy, limited-scope radiography, applying a sling, and coaching for stool collection.
    • EXPANDED! Information on physical medicine and rehabilitation.
    • EXPANDED! Content on specimen collection, including wound swab, nasal, and nasopharyngeal specimen collections.
  • 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. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    22. Neurology
    23. Behavioral Health
    24. Endocrinology
    25. Cardiology
    26. Pulmonology
    27. Urology and Male Reproduction
    28. Obstetrics and Gynecology
    29. Pediatrics
    30. Geriatrics
    PART 5 – Assisting with Clinical Laboratory Procedures 
    31. Introduction to the Clinical Laboratory
    32. Urinalysis
    33. Blood Collection
    34. Analysis of Blood
    35. Microbiology and Immunology
    PART 6 – Advanced Clinical Skills
    36. NEW! Intravenous Therapy
    37. NEW! Radiology Basics
    38. NEW! Positioning for Radiology
    PART 10 – Job Seeking
    39. Employment Skills and Strategies
  • Brigitte Niedzwiecki, RN, MSN, RMA, Medical Assistant Program Director & Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin and Julie Pepper, BS, CMA (AAMA), Medical Assisting Program Instructor, Health Navigator Program Director, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Important note
Please note
This item has low stock levels and may be back-ordered. We'll let you know if it is back-ordered, and you will not be charged until the item ships.