Pearson's Comprehensive Medical Assisting

Pearson's Comprehensive Medical Assisting
Author: Nina Beaman
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-05-30
Genre: Medical assistants
ISBN: 9780133563979

For courses in Medical Assisting Pearson's Comprehensive Medical Assisting, Third Edition, provides students with the right procedural, people, and professional skills needed to succeed in the medical assisting profession. Teaching and Learning Experience Offers a step-by-step, competency-based approach that covers virtually all facets of the medical assisting profession: Procedural Skills--Speaks directly to the medical assisting student, presenting all the procedures and tasks that are relevant to the medical assistant role. People Skills--Covers people and communication skills that are essential to being a successful medical assistant. Professional Skills--Instills concepts and critical thinking skills needed to succeed as a medical assistant professional.

Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals

Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals
Author: Brigitte Niedzwiecki
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 1247
Release: 2018-08-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323551203

Launch your Medical Assisting career with Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals: Administrative and Clinical Competencies with Anatomy & Physiology! This practical, hands-on text features an easy-to-understand writing style and detailed visuals designed to help you master all the Medical Assisting knowledge, procedures, and skills needed for career success. Based on trusted content from the bestselling Kinn's product suite, this brand-new text and its accompanying resources incorporate the latest standards and competencies throughout, as well as approachable coverage of math, medical terminology, soft skills, and anatomy and physiology. - Easy-to-grasp writing style is appropriate for all levels of learners in all types of Medical Assisting programs. - Trusted Kinn's content supports the following exam plans: CMA from the American Association of Medical Assistants; RMA and CMAS from American Medical Technologist; CCMA and CMAA from the National Healthcareer Association; NCMA from the National Center for Competency Testing; and CMAC from the American Medical Certification Association. - Emphasis on anatomy and physiology — along with pathology, signs/symptoms, diagnostic procedures, and treatments — enables you to meet key competencies. - Strong focus on medical terminology includes feature boxes that highlight chapter-related medical terminology to help you learn word parts, pronunciation, and definitions. - Math exercises embedded throughout the text challenge you to sharpen your math skills. - Procedures are mapped to CAAHEP and ABHES accreditation standards down to the step, offer rationales for each step, and can be conveniently performed in the classroom. - Customer Service boxes in appropriate chapters help you develop the soft skills that employers seek when hiring Medical Assistants. - Applied learning approach introduces a case scenario at the beginning of each chapter and then revisits it throughout the chapter to help you understand new concepts as they are presented. - Chapter learning tools include vocabulary with definitions, critical thinking applications, and content that ties directly to the order of learning objectives. - Pharmacology glossary of the top 100-150 most common over-the-counter and prescription medications gives you quick access to pronunciation guides, generic and trade names, and drug classification.

Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant

Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant
Author: Deborah B. Proctor
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 970
Release: 2016-05-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323446051

Clinical Medical Assisting begins with Kinn! Elsevier’s Kinn’s The Clinical Medical Assistant, 13th Edition provides you with the real-world clinical skills that are essential to working in the modern medical office. An applied learning approach to the MA curriculum is threaded throughout each chapter to help you further develop the tactile and critical thinking skills necessary to assist with medications, diagnostic procedures, and surgeries. Paired with our adaptive solutions, real-world simulations, EHR documentation and HESI remediation and assessment, you will learn the leading skills of modern clinical medical assisting in the classroom! Applied approach to learning helps you use what you’ve learned in the clinical setting. Clinical procedures integrated into the TOC provide you with a quick reference. Detailed learning objectives and vocabulary with definitions highlight what’s important in each chapter. Step-by-step procedures explain complex conditions and abstract concepts. Rationales for each procedure clarify the need for each step and explains why it’s being performed. Critical thinking applications test your understanding of the content. Patient education and legal and ethical issues are described in relation to the clinical Medical Assistant's job. Threaded case scenarios help you apply concepts to realistic clinical situations. Portfolio builder helps you demonstrate clinical proficiency to potential employers. NEW! Chapter on The Health Record reviews how you will maintain and interact with the medical record. NEW! Chapter on Competency-Based Education helps you confidently prepare for today’s competitive job market. NEW! Clinical procedure videos help you to visualize and review key procedures.

Medical Assisting: Administrative & Clinical Competencies (Update)

Medical Assisting: Administrative & Clinical Competencies (Update)
Author: Michelle Blesi
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-10-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781337909815

MEDICAL ASSISTING: ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLINICAL COMPETENCIES UPDATE, Eighth Edition, delivers the critical cognitive (knowledge base), psychomotor (skills) and affective (behaviors) for entry-level medical assistants in an easy-to-understand and proven format. Newly organized for greater effectiveness, the text also includes the latest in Nutrition, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), ICD-10 and updated electronic health records throughout the entire text. In addition, the text highlights have been expanded with personal growth topics like professionalism, teamwork and time management. Updated and innovative, the 8th edition of Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies uses multiple in-text features and exclusive technology products to prepare students for a successful career in medical assisting, and give them a significant advantage in today's competitive marketplace. Additionally, the 8th edition is aligned and mapped to the current ABHES standards and newly approved 2015 CAAHEP standards. The updated printing of the eighth edition includes new ICD-10 coding information, as well as revised and updated coding content. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.