Study Guide and Procedure Checklist Manual for Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant
An Applied Learning Approach
- 14th Edition - June 23, 2022
- Authors: Brigitte Niedzwiecki, Julie Pepper
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 1 3 6 2 - 0
Designed to support the trusted content in Kinn’s The Clinical Medical Assistant, 14th Edition, this study guide and procedure checklist manual is the essential review and practi… Read more
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Designed to support the trusted content in Kinn’s The Clinical Medical Assistant, 14th Edition, this study guide and procedure checklist manual is the essential review and practice companion to reinforce key concepts, encourage critical thinking, and ensure your mastery of clinical medical assisting content. This robust companion guide offers a wide range of exercises to reinforce your understanding of common clinical skills — including new certification preparation questions that offer additional practice for certification exams, a new chapter review of medical terminology and anatomy, and need-to-know workplace applications. Trusted for more than 60 years Kinn’s Clinical Study Guide and Procedure Checklist Manual also features competency checklists to clearly assess your performance and progression from day one until you land your first job as a Medical Assistant.
- Hundreds of practice questions test your knowledge and comprehension with vocabulary review, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions.
- Skills practice, workplace applications, and online activities promote your critical thinking skills.
- Procedure checklists help you track your performance of key toward mastery of key skills and job-readiness.
- Work products allows you to provide documentation or file in professional portfolios to use in job-searching.
- Chapter-by-chapter correlation with the textbook allows you to easily test your comprehension as you go.
- Perforated pages are easily removed for on-the-go study or turn-in assignments and evaluations.
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 – Job Seeking
35. Skills and Strategies
- Edition: 14
- Published: June 23, 2022
- Language: English
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Brigitte Niedzwiecki
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Medical Assistant Program Director & Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USAJP
Julie Pepper
Julie Pepper has spent her entire career in health care as a medical assistant in a variety of offices and clinics, developing expertise in the electronic health record and as an instructor in a medical assistant program. 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 taught for 21 years and from where she retired from teaching. Julie was also the program director for the college’s Health Navigator program. She has served as a reviewer and contributor to numerous Medical Assisting educational products over the last decade, including Sim Chart for the Medical Office. She currently serves as the sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician’s Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office. She has been leading author of Beik's Health Insurance Today text and workbook since the 8th edition. She also has been a coauthor for Kinn’s Medical Assisting Fundamentals, Kinn’s The Medical Assistant, and Today’s Medical Assistant. Julie strives to bring the needed information to students in a way to keep them interested in learning all that they need to be wonderful employees working in healthcare.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Medical Assistant Program, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA