Study Guide and Procedure Checklist Manual for Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 15th Edition

• Comprehensive coverage of all clinical procedures complies with accreditation requirements.
• Approximately 135 step-by-step procedure checklists enable you to assess and track your performance for every procedure included in the textbook.
• Chapter-by-chapter correlation with the textbook allows you to easily follow core textbook competencies.
• Matching and acronym activities reinforce your understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and chapter vocabulary.
• Short-answer and fill-in-the-blank exercises strengthen your comprehension of key concepts.
• Multiple-choice questions help you prepare for classroom and board exams.
• Workplace application exercises promote critical thinking and job readiness before you enter practice.
• Internet exercises offer ideas for expanded and project-based learning.

• NEW! Content aligns to 2022 medical assisting educational competencies.
• 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! 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 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)   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 – Advanced Clinical Skills

35)   NEW! Intravenous Therapy

36)   NEW! Radiology Basics

37)   NEW! Positioning for Radiology

PART 7 – Job Seeking