MANUAL
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by Michelle Blesi, All Chapters 1 -
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Chapter 1: The Medical Assistant, Health Care Team, and
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Medical Environment
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Chapter 2: Professionalism
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Chapter 3: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Chapter 4: Applying Communication Skills
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Chapter 5: Introduction to Medical Terminology
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Chapter 6: Anatomic Descriptors and Fundamental Body Structure
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Chapter 7: The Nervous System
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Chapter 8: The Senses
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Chapter 9: The Integumentary System
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Chapter 10: The Skeletal System g
Chapter 11: The Muscular System g
Chapter 12: The Respiratory System g
Chapter 13: The Circulatory System g
Chapter 14: The Lymphatic/Immune System g
Chapter 15: The Digestive System g
Chapter 16: The Urinary System g
Chapter 17: The Endocrine System g
Chapter 18: The Reproductive System g
Chapter 19: Telephone Communications g
Chapter 20: Written Communications g
Chapter 21: The Office Environment, Computers, and Equipment
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Chapter 22: Scheduling Appointments and Receiving Patients g g g g
Chapter 23: The Medical Record, Documentation, and Filing
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Chapter 24: Health Insurance g
Chapter 25: Procedural and Diagnostic Coding g g g
Chapter 26: Patient Accounts g
Chapter 28: Patient Billing, Posting Patient Payments, and Collecting
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Fees g
Chapter 29: Banking Procedures g
Chapter 30: Accounts Payable and Accounting Procedures g g g g
Chapter 31: Infection Control and Medical Asepsis g g g g
Chapter 32: The Medical History and Patient Screening
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Chapter 33: Body Measurements and Vital Signs
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Chapter 34: Preparing for Examinations g g
Chapter 35: The Physical Exam g g
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, Chapter 36: Specialty Examinations and Procedures
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Chapter 38: Pediatric Examinations
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Chapter 39: Geriatrics
Chapter 40: Mental Health g
Chapter 41: The Physician's Office Laboratory
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Chapter 42: Specimen Collection and Processing
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Chapter 43: Blood Specimen Collection
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Chapter 44: Diagnostic Testing g
Chapter 45: Cardiology Procedures g
Chapter 46: Radiology Procedures g
Chapter 47: Preparing for Surgery g g
Chapter 48: Assisting with Minor Surgery
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Chapter 49: Pharmacology Fundamentals g
Chapter 50: Measurement Systems, Basic Mathematics,
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Chapter 51: Administering Oral and Noninjectable Medications
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Chapter 52: Administering Injections and Immunizations
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Chapter 53: Emergencies in the Medical Office and the Community
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Chapter 54: First Aid for Accidents and Injuries
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Chapter 55: Rehabilitation
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Chapter 56: Nutrition, Exercise, and Healthy Living
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Chapter 57: Practicum and the Job Search
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Chapter 58: Managing the Office
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Medical Assisting Administrative & Clinical Competencies
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(MindTap Course List) 9th Edition by Michelle Blesi
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Blesi, Medical Assisting, 2022; 9780357502815; Chapter 01: The Medical
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Content g Type................................................................................................................................................................. 1
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Check Your Understanding (from End of Chapter questions)
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a set of skills, and a set ofbehaviors to be successful.
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d. Correct. As an MA, you must learn all of these – a knowledge base,
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a set of skills, and aset of behaviors - to be successful.
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2. All gof g the following are clinical
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b. Phlebotomy
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Analysis:
a. Correct. The filing of patient records is an administrative skill.
b. Incorrect. Phlebotomy is a clinical skill. The filing of patient
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