Clinical Competencies

Skills from Beginning Through Advanced

Lorraine Fleming-MCPhillips MS MT CMA (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

2010
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-512973-9 (ISBN)

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A stand alone book including all of the basic entry level skills as well as advanced skills is a valuable asset to all who participate in health care delivery today. Health care delivery has undergone many changes particularly in the classification of the those providing care. This includes patient care technicians, nursing assistants, medical assistants and many others involved in healthcare delivery in hospitals, ambulatory care centers, offices, nursing homes clinics and schoolsmore. All of these individuals require training and evaluation of skills. More than 225 competencies are presented in this book and are clustered into chapters which include procedures specific to the chapter title. For example the Vital Sign Chapter contains individual procedures for measuring oral, rectal, axillary, and aural temperatures using a variety of appropriate instruments. The book adheres to required skills designated by the AAMA/CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for Medical Assisting Educational Programs and the American Medical Technology (AMT) national curricula. This book can be utilized for a quick review book for a skill not performed routinely, a training manual for new employees, a lab manual for students to check one another’s competency performance, an instructor’s skill evaluation text, and a procedure manual for offices, clinics and ambulatory care centers.

CH 01 Introduction

CH 02 Infection Control

CH 03 Vital Signs and Mensuration

CH 04 Assisting with Physical Examinations

CH 05 Assisting with Medical Specialties

CH 06 Pediatrics

CH 07 Therapeutic Modalities and Rehabilitation

CH 08 Assisting with Minor Surgery

CH 09 Assisting with Medical Emergencies

CH 10 Clinical Laboratory Testing

CH 11 Urinalysis

CH 12 Microbiology

CH 13 Phlebotomy

CH 14 Hematology

CH 15 Serology/Immunology

CH 16 Chemistry

CH 17 Diagnostic Imaging

CH 18 Pharmacology

CH19 Intravenous Therapy

CH20 Nutrition

CH 21 Cardiology and Pulmonolgy

Appendices

I    Common Medical Abbreviations

II    JCAHO’s Official “Do Not Use” List

III    ISMP’s List of Error Prone Abbreviations Symbols and Dose Designations

IV    Normal Blood Values/Disease Conditions Evaluated for Abnormal Values

V    Celsius/Fahrenheit Temperature Conversions

V     Laboratory Reference Values in Conventional & International Units

VI     Medical Terminology Word Parts

Glossary

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.5.2010
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 276 mm
Gewicht	928 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung
ISBN-10	0-13-512973-7 / 0135129737
ISBN-13	978-0-13-512973-9 / 9780135129739
Zustand	Neuware