Kinn's The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach - Brossura

Niedzwiecki, Brigitte; Pepper, Julie; Weaver, P. Ann

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0323581269 ISBN 13: 9780323581264

Casa editrice: W B Saunders Co, 2019

Riassunto

More than any other product on the market, the most successful Medical Assistants begin their careers with Kinn. Trusted for more than 60 years, Kinn's The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach, 14^th Edition, teaches you real-world administrative and clinical skills essential for a career in the modern medical office – always with a focus on application through unfolding case scenarios, critical thinking questions, procedure videos, and interactive exercises. The reorganized 14th edition includes expanded content on medical office accounts, collections, banking, and practice management as well as a new chapter reviewing medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathology. With an easy-to-read format and a full continuum of separately sold adaptive learning solutions, real-world simulations, EHR documentation experience, and HESI remediation and assessment — you’ll learn the leading skills to prepare for certification and a successful career in the dynamic and growing Medical Assisting profession!

• Comprehensive coverage of all administrative and clinical procedures prepares you for a wide array of Medical Assisting jobs.
• Nearly 185 step-by-step illustrated procedures with rationales break down how to perform critical skills for practice.
• Applied approach to learning helps you use what you’ve learned in a real-world setting, including case scenarios, critical thinking exercises, procedures videos, and interactive online activities.
• Thorough EHR coverage with access to hands-on activities incorporates use of SimChart® for the Medical Office, software designed to ensure that you are practice-ready (sold separately).
• Robust companion website includes procedures videos, chapter quizzes, and sample certification exams, and interactive exercises.
• Key vocabulary terms and definitions are presented at the beginning of each chapter and highlighted in text discussions.
• Summary of Learning Objectives serves as a checkpoint and study tool.
• Patient education and legal and ethical features help relate content to practical use.

• NEW! Chapter reviews medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathology to help you build a solid foundation.
• NEW! Reorganized and expanded content on medical office accounts includes collections, banking, and practice management.
• NEW! Artwork focused on the workings of a modern medical office, includes updated illustrations and photographs of procedures and medical records.
• NEW! Expanded and updated sample certification exams help you practice and prepare for certification.
• NEW! Streamlined presentation refines organization and writing for easy comprehension.
• NEW! Coverage of patient-centered care featured throughout textbook.

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Informazioni sugli autori

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 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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W B Saunders Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0323581269
• ISBN 13: 9780323581264
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 1289
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: LSWR Group; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; Italia