cover image - Kinn's The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 16th Edition
ISBN: 9780443282683
Copyright: 2028
Page Count: 1432
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $136.99

Kinn's The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 16th Edition

by Brigitte Niedzwiecki, RN, MSN, RMA

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Kinn's The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 16th Edition
ISBN: 9780443282683
Copyright: 2028
Page Count: 1432
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $136.99

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More than any other product on the market, the most successful medical assistants begin their careers with Kinn. Known for almost 70 years for its alignment with national curriculum standards, Kinn's The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach, 16th Edition, teaches the real-world administrative and clinical skills essential for a career in the modern medical office — always with a focus on helping you apply what you’ve learned. This edition features updates to administrative duties, including telemedicine, scribing, health records, and explanation of benefits; and revised clinical material, including surgical supplies and instruments, assisting with surgical procedures, and obtaining a wound culture and performing a dressing change. 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, you can quickly master the leading skills to prepare for certification and a successful career in the dynamic and growing medical assisting profession!
    • UPDATED! Content addresses the changing role of the medical assistant, including telemedicine, population health, home visits, and scribing
    • NEW! Comprehensive coverage of key topics includes the healthcare system, human trafficking, cloud-based phone systems, Telecommunications Relay Service, VA Health Care, transmission-based precautions, healthcare waste and chemical disposal, thigh and lower arm blood pressures, medical reconciliation, obstetric content, and promoting wellness in the older generation
    • EXPANDED! Math examples and problems help you learn how to calculate patient financial responsibility; convert temperatures, heights, and weights; and use body mass index formulas
    • REVISED! Medical billing chapters clarify claim submission, explanation of benefits (EOB), patient accounts, petty cash log, and banking activities
    • EXPANDED! Coverage focuses on the contents of the health record, obtaining a health history, surgical instruments, sterile fields, and minor surgical procedure setups
    • REVISED and EXPANDED! Disease and procedure sections address ophthalmology, dermatology, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics
    • REVISED and UPDATED! Surgical supplies and surgical procedures chapters include current procedures for sterilization pouches, skin prep for surgery, assisting with minor surgery, obtaining a wound culture, and applying adhesive skin closure strips and tubular gauze bandages
    • NEW! Step-by-step procedures for performing CLIA-waived tests, including multi-panel drug test cup, hemoglobin A1C, influenza, cholesterol, and RSV antigen
    • ENHANCED! Interactive student activities are available on the Evolve companion website
    • REVISED! Procedural videos reflect current techniques and equipment
    • Comprehensive coverage of all administrative and clinical procedures complies with accreditation requirements
    • 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 and highlighted in text discussions
    • Summary of Learning Objectives at the end of each chapter serves as a checkpoint and helpful study tool
    • Evolve companion website offers chapter quizzes, practice exams, interactive exercises, and more to reinforce learning
  • PART 1 – Introduction to Medical Assisting
    1. The Professional Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team
    2. Therapeutic Communication
    3. Legal Principles
    4. Healthcare Laws
    5. Healthcare Ethics

    PART 2 – Fundamentals of Ambulatory Care Administration
    6. Technology
    7. Written Communication
    8. Telephone Techniques
    9. Scheduling Appointments and Patient Processing
    10. Health Records
    11. Daily Operations and Safety

    PART 3 – Coding and Medical Billing
    12. Health Insurance Essentials
    13. Diagnostic Coding Essentials
    14. Procedural Coding Essentials
    15. Medical Billing and Reimbursement Essentials

    PART 4 – Advanced Ambulatory Care Administration
    16. Patient Accounts and Practice Management
    17. Advanced Roles in Administration

    PART 5 – Fundamentals of Clinical Medical Assisting
    18. Introduction to Anatomy and Medical Terminology
    19. Infection Control
    20. Vital Signs
    21. Physical Examination
    22. Patient Coaching
    23. Nutrition and Health Promotion
    24. Surgical Supplies and Instruments
    25. Assisting with Surgical Procedures
    26. Principles of Electrocardiography
    27. Medical Emergencies

    PART 6 – Assisting with Medications
    28. Principles of Pharmacology
    29. Pharmacology Math
    30. Administering Medications

    PART 7 – Assisting with Medical Specialties
    31. Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
    32. Dermatology
    33. Allergy and Infectious Disease
    34. Gastroenterology
    35. Orthopedics and Rheumatology
    36. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    37. Neurology
    38. Behavioral Health
    39. Endocrinology
    40. Cardiology
    41. Pulmonology
    42. Urology and Male Reproduction
    43. Obstetrics and Gynecology
    44. Pediatrics
    45. Geriatrics

    PART 8 – Assisting with Clinical Laboratory Procedures
    46. Introduction to the Clinical Laboratory
    47. Urinalysis 48. Blood Collection
    49. Analysis of Blood
    50. Microbiology and Immunology

    PART 9 – Advanced Clinical Skills
    51. Intravenous Therapy
    52. Radiology Basics
    53. Positioning for Radiology

    PART 10 – Job Seeking
    54. Employment Skills and Strategies
  • Brigitte Niedzwiecki, RN, MSN, RMA, Medical Assistant Program Director and Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
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