SOLUTION MANUAL Medical Assisting Administrative & Clinical Competencies (MindTap Course List) 9th Edition by Michelle Blesi, All Chapters 1 - 58

NM SOLUTION AND ANSWER GUIDE FOR
Medical Assisting Administrative & Clinical
Competencies (MindTap Course List) 9th Edition
by Michelle Blesi, All Chapters 1 - 58




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,TABLE OF CONTENTS NM NM NM




➢ 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 39: Geriatrics
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, ➢ Chapter 40:
NM Mental Health
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➢ Chapter 41:
NM The Physician's Office Laboratory
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➢ Chapter 42:
NM Specimen Collection and Processing
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➢ Chapter 43:
NM Blood Specimen Collection
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➢ Chapter 44:
NM Diagnostic Testing
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➢ Chapter 45:
NM Cardiology Procedures
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➢ Chapter 46:
NM Radiology Procedures
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➢ Chapter 47:
NM Preparing for Surgery
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➢ Chapter 48:
NM Assisting with Minor Surgery
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➢ Chapter 49:
NM Pharmacology Fundamentals
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➢ Chapter 50:
NM Measurement Systems, Basic Mathematics, and Dosage Calculations
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➢ Chapter 51:
NM Administering Oral and Noninjectable Medications
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➢ Chapter 52:
NM Administering Injections and Immunizations
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➢ Chapter 53:
NM Emergencies in the Medical Office and the Community
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➢ Chapter 54:
NM First Aid for Accidents and Injuries
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➢ Chapter 55:
NM Rehabilitation
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➢ Chapter 56:
NM Nutrition, Exercise, and Healthy Living
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➢ Chapter 57:
NM Practicum and the Job Search
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➢ Chapter 58:
NM Managing the Office
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, Solution and Answer Guide for NM NM NM NM




Medical Assisting Administrative & Clinical Competencies(Mind
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Tap Course List) 9th Edition by Michelle Blesi
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Blesi, Medical Assisting, 2022; 9780357502815; Chapter 01: The Medical Assistant, Healt
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h CareTeam, and Medical Environment
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Table of Contents NM NM



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Check Your Understanding (from End of Chapter questions) .............................................................. 1
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Content Type NM




Check Your Understanding (from End of Chapter questions)
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1. To be successful as an MA, you must learn a specific:
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a. knowledge base. NM



b. set of skills. NM NM



c. set of behaviors. NM NM


d. all of these NM NM N
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ANS: d Analys NM NM




is:
a. Incorrect. As an MA, you must learn a knowledge base, a set of
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behaviors to be successful. NM NM NM



b. Incorrect. As an MA, you must learn a knowledge base, a set of
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behaviors to be successful. NM NM NM



c. Incorrect. As an MA, you must learn a knowledge base, a set of
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behaviors to be successful. NM NM NM



d. Correct. As an MA, you must learn all of these –
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a knowledge base, a set of skills, and aset of behaviors - to be
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2. All of the following are clinical skills EXCEPT:
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a. Filing patient records NM NM



b. Phlebotomy
c. Administering medications NM



d. Wrapping instruments NM




ANS: a NM




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 administrativesk
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ill.
c. Incorrect. Administering medications is a clinical skill. The filing of patient records is ana
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dministrative skill. NM




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