Clinical Medical Assisting: A Professional, Field Smart Approach to the Workplace / Edition 2

by Michelle Heller, Lynette M Veach

Overview

More than ever before, medical assistants today must perform complex tasks, possess strong computer and patient screening skills, and communicate effectively with patients and other medical professionals. CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTING: A PROFESSIONAL, FIELD SMART APPROACH TO THE WORKPLACE, Second Edition, gives you the confidence to succeed in this demanding profession by thinking on a higher level, developing critical problem-solving skills, and mastering the necessary clinical competencies and technical skills. Newly organized for greater effectiveness, the Second Edition of this unique text includes new chapters on Clinical Trends in Health Care, Health Coaching and Patient Navigation, and Specialty Procedures. The new edition is also aligned and mapped to current ABHES standards and the newly approved 2015 CAAHEP standards. The text s practical, toolbox approach, combined with in-depth electronic medical records training, will help you begin your journey to becoming a successful, professional clinical medical assistant.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781305110861
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2016
Series:	MindTap Course List
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1008
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Currently a faculty member at Columbus State Community College, Michelle Heller has worked in health care and health care education for the past 30 years. She has received a variety of Outstanding Teacher awards from institutions in which she has taught, as well as the Ohio Council of Private Career Schools and Colleges. A frequent presenter and the author of multiple textbooks, Heller has served as both director of education and director of the Medical Assisting Program for the Ohio Institute of Health Careers. She also serves on the ABHES Medical Assisting programmatic accreditation committee.

Table of Contents

1. Journey to Professionalism. 2. Clinical Trends in Health Care. 3. The Complete Medical Record. 4. Fundamentals of Documentation. 5. Conducting a Patient Interview. 6. Assisting Patients with Special Needs. 7. Patient Navigation and Health Coaching. 8. Principles of Infection Control. 9. Sterilization Procedures, Instrument Identification, and Surgical Supplies. 10. Assisting with Minor Surgeries. 11. Vital Signs and Measurements. 12. The Physical Exam. 13. Eye and Ear Examinations and Procedures. 14. Cardiovascular Exams and Procedures. 15. Pulmonary Examinations and Procedures. 16. Gastrointestinal Exams and Procedures. 17. Women s Health Issues: Obstetrics and Gynecology. 18. Urology and Male Reproductive Examinations and Procedures. 19. Other Specialty Procedures. 20. Diet and Nutrition 21. Evaluation and Care of the Pediatric Patient. 22. Orthopedics, Rehabilitation, and Physical Therapy. 23. Fundamentals of the Medical Laboratory. 24. Blood Collection Techniques. 25. Urinalysis. 26. Hematology and Coagulation Studies. 27. Microbiology. 28. Clinical Chemistry and CLIA Waived Testing. 29. Diagnostic Imaging. 30. Fundamentals of Pharmacology. 31. Dosage Calculations. 32. Administration of Parenteral Medications. 33. Responding to Medical Office Emergencies.