
Medical Assisting PDQ
- 1st Edition - November 25, 2008
- Imprint: Saunders
- Authors: Tracie Fuqua, Jon H. Zonderman
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 1 6 0 - 6 4 8 6 - 2
Have quick and accessible reference to all of the essential information for administrative and clinical medical assisting! This pocket-sized guide helps you recall and apply key… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHave quick and accessible reference to all of the essential information for administrative and clinical medical assisting! This pocket-sized guide helps you recall and apply key information rapidly when you need it. Tabbed sections highlight everything from basic office and clinical procedures to specimen collection, emergency care, and HIPAA.
- Lists, acronyms, bullets, boxes, tables and figures make learning straightforward and easy to understand.
- Step-by-step procedure boxes reinforce proper techniques for 25 common procedures following CAAHEP and ABHES competencies.
- Full-color illustrations display common x-ray positions, capillary puncture sites, injection sites and patient exam positions.
- Spiral binding allows the book to lay open to the needed page.
1. Administrative Procedures
2. Fundamental Principles
3. Diagnostic Orders
4. Patient Care
5. Professionalism
6. Communication
7. Legal Concepts
8. Patient Instruction
9. Operational Functions
10. Preparing for the Externship or New Job
11. Common Words and Phrases in Spanish
12. Mathematical Conversions
2. Fundamental Principles
3. Diagnostic Orders
4. Patient Care
5. Professionalism
6. Communication
7. Legal Concepts
8. Patient Instruction
9. Operational Functions
10. Preparing for the Externship or New Job
11. Common Words and Phrases in Spanish
12. Mathematical Conversions
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 25, 2008
- Imprint: Saunders
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9781416064862
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Tracie Fuqua
Tracie Fuqua is the program director and instructor in Medical Assisting at Wallace State Community College in Alabama. She has been in education for more than two decades and is passionate about teaching students to provide quality patient care. Tracie is active in local, state, and national organizations, including the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). She serves as lead item writer for Elsevier’s HESI practice and exit exams for Medical Assisting in addition to taking over as lead author of Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions.
Affiliations and expertise
Former Program Director and Instructor, Medical Assisting Program Chair, Wallace State Community College, Hanceville, AlabamaJZ
Jon H. Zonderman
Affiliations and expertise
Contributing Writer, Orange, CT