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