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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 the real-world 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 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, quickly master the leading skills to prepare for certification and a successful career in the dynamic and growing medical assisting profession! 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 handy reference. Robust Evolve companion website offers procedure videos, practice quizzes, mock certification exams, and interactive learning exercises. 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.

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Author:   Brigitte Niedzwiecki (Medical Assistant Program Director & Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin) ,  Julie Pepper (Medical Assisting Program Instructor, Health Navigator Program Director, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin) ,  P. Ann Weaver, MSEd, MT(ASCP) (Medical Assistant Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Saunders
Edition:   15th edition
Weight:   2.240kg
ISBN:  

9780323873765

ISBN 10:   0323873766
Pages:   1120
Publication Date:   14 September 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780323613606
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

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

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Brigitte Niedzwiecki began her healthcare career as a nurse, working in the hospital with surgical and pediatric patients and also in urgent care. After obtaining her master's degree in nursing, Brigitte worked in patient and staff education, as a software trainer, and as a nurse educator before transitioning into education. She has been the Medical Assisting program director at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin for nearly 20 years, during which time she has participated in reviewing and writing and has helped develop state and national Medical Assisting curricula. She is also lead author of Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals, a related MA core text designed primarily for programs that do not offer a separate A&P course and are focused on certification. Julie Pepper has spent her entire career in health care, first as a medical assistant in a variety of offices and clinics, developing expertise in the electronic health record. She combines her education in dietetics with her clinical and administrative experience as an instructor in the Medical Assisting program at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin, where she has taught for the past 18 years. Julie is also the program director for the college's new Health Navigator program. She has served as reviewer and contributor to numerous Medical Assisting educational products over the last decade, including SimChart for the Medical Office; she currently serves as sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician's Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office and co-author of Health Insurance Today, 7e. She is taking over sole authorship of what will be titled Beik's Health Insurance Today, 8e

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