Name: Cengage's Medical Assisting: Comprehensive Clinical and Administrative Skills, 2 terms (Instant Access)
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Cengage's Medical Assisting: Comprehensive Clinical and Administrative Skills, 2 terms (Instant Access)

IAC MEDICAL ASSISTING COMPREHE NSIVE CLINICAL & ADMIN SKILLS

Medical Assisting

Health Care

Administrative Medical Assisting

Comprehensive Medical Assisting

Exam Review

Reference

Clinical Medical Assisting

Technology

Pharmacology

Phlebotomy/ Venipuncture

Lab Procedures

MEDICAL ASSISTING, 2 terms (12 months) Instant Access for CENGAGE\u2019S MEDICAL ASSISTING: COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS is more essential than ever in today's rapidly evolving health care industry. Renewed focus on curriculum excellence, certification, and critical externships are all part of the performance criteria. \n\nMedical Assistants train in both clinical procedures and administrative tasks, including: Human anatomy, physiology, and pathology; Medical terminology; Keyboarding and computer applications; Recordkeeping and accounting; Coding and insurance processing; Laboratory techniques; Clinical and diagnostic procedures; Pharmacology; Medication administration; First Aid; Office practices; Patient relations; and Medical law and ethics. CENGAGE\u2019S MEDICAL ASSISTING: COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS provides future medical assistants with narrated, step-by-step video training in all of these key clinical and administrative skills. Contact your Learning Consultant for custom pricing.

ADMINSTRATIVE
Part I:  COMMUNICATION.
1. Phone Calls.
2. Requesting Prescription Refill.
3. Scheduling Inpatient and Outpatient Admissions.
4. Business Correspondence.
5. Outgoing Mail.
Part II: PATIENT RECORD.
6. New Patient Registration.
7. Scanning Documents into EHR.
Part III: MEDICAL INSURANCE AND CODING.
8. Managed Care Policies and Procedures.
9. Obtaining Referrals and Authorizations.
10. Coding and Classification.
11. Insurance Payments and Adjustments.
12. Insurance Billing.
Part IV:  FINANCIAL PROCEDURES.
13. Explaining Financial Obligations During Telephone Interview.
14. Itemized Patient Statements.
15. Preparing Collection Letters.
16. Preparing a Deposit.
17. Petty Cash Fund.
18. Posting Non-Sufficient Funds.
19. Posting/Recording Collection Agency Adjustments.
Part V:  EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.
20. Performing an Inventory.
21. Routine Maintenance and Calibration of Clinical Equipment.

CLINICAL 
Part I: INFECTION CONTROL.
1. Medical Asepsis Hand Wash.
2. Alcohol-Based Hand Rub.
3. Applying Sterile Gloves.
4. Removing Contaminated Gloves.
5. Transmission-Based Precautions.
6. Sanitization of Instruments.
7. Sterilizing Instruments in Autoclave.
8. Sterile Fields and Procedure.
Part II: PHYSICAL EXAMS.
9. The Complete Physical Examination.
10. Taking a Medical History.
11. Taking Temperatures.
12. Apical and Radial Pulse.
13. Measuring Respiration Rate.
14. Measuring Blood Pressure.
15. Measuring Height and Weight.
16. Pulse Oximetry.
17. Perform Single or Multi-Channel Electrocardiogram.
Part III: SPECIALTY EXAMS.
18. Visual Acuity Testing.
19. Eye Instillation and Eye Patch Dressing.
20. Performing Eye Irrigation.
21. Assisting with Audiometry.
22. Performing Ear Irrigation.
23. Performing Ear Instillation.
24. Assisting with Nasal Examination.
25. Performing Nasal Instillation.
26. Nasal Cannula.
27. Holter Monitor Application.
28. Metered Dose Inhaler.
29. Spirometry.
30. Lumbar Puncture or Cerebral Fluid Aspiration Assist.
31. Neurologic Screening Examination.
32. Fecal Occult Blood Test.
33. Assisting with Pelvic Examination and Pap Test.
34. Assisting with Insertion of an Intrauterine Device.
35. Hormonal Contraceptive.
36. Wet Prep/Wet Mount and KOH Prep.
37. Chlamydia and Gonorrhea.
38. Pregnancy Test.
39. The Routine Prenatal Visit.
40. Testicular Self-Exam.
41. Male and Female Catheterization.
42. Measuring Infant Weight, Length, Head and Chest Circumference.
43. Infant Apical Pulse and Respiratory Rate.
44. Infant/Child Urine Specimen.
45. Patient Transfers.
46. Patient Assisted Ambulation.
Part IV: MINOR SURGERY.
47. Controlling Bleeding.
48. Assisting with Clinic/Ambulatory Surgery.
49. Dressing Change.
50. Wound Irrigation.
51. Preparing Skin for Surgery.
52. Suturing.
53. Incision/Drainage of Infection.
54. Aspiration of Joint Fluid.
55. Suture/Staple Removal.
56. Skin Closure Strips.
Part V:  PHARMACOLOGY.
57. Administration of Oral Medications.  
58. Withdrawing Medication from a Vial/Ampule.
59. Reconstituting a Powdered Medication for Administration.
60. Subcutaneous Injection. 
61. Intramuscular Injection.
62. Intradermal PPD Injection.
63. Z-Track Intramuscular Injection Technique.
64. Vaccine Injection.
65 Maintaining Immunization Records.
Part VI: LABORATORY PROCEDURES.
66. Using the Microscope.
67. Wet Mount and Hanging Drop Slide Prep.
68. Hemoglobin Determination with Hemoglobin Analyzer.
69. Prothrombin Time Using a CLIA-Waived ProTime Analyzer.
70. Venipuncture.
71. Capillary Puncture, Transport, Microhematocrit Determination.
72. Obtaining Blood for Blood Culture.
73. Obtaining Blood Specimen for PKU Test.
74. Cholesterol Testing.
75. Obtaining a Throat Culture/Testing for Strep.
76. Utilizing a Urine Transport System & Clean Catch/Mid-Stream Collection.
77. Assessing Urine Volume, Color, and Clarity.
78. Performing a Chemical Urinalysis.
79. Preparing a Slide for Microscopic Examination of Urine Sediment.
80. Performing a Complete Urinalysis.
Part VII:  EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
81. Cast and Arm Splint Application.
82. Cast Removal Assist.
83. Using a Fire Extinguisher.

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