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48 Cards in this Set
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A reaction to a threat
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Defensive reaction
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RMA Credentialing is through?
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AMT(American Medical Technologists)
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DO=
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Doctor od Osteopathy
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Developing cells is related to?
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Stem Cell Research
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Stereotype=
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Negative ideas towards a group of people
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When communicating Consider....
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The patients learning style
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When dealing with Angry patient's you must?
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Remain calm
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When you are getting a patient's chief complaint you.....
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First identify the patient
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Medical assistants can only work....
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Within the scope of practice
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To keep credential active you.....
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need to obtain continuing education units
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CMA credentialing is through?
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American Association of Medical Assistants
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Hippocrates is known as?
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The father of medicine
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Medical assistants may work?
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In a variety of facilities
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Healthcare professionals need to...
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Keep up with changes/updates in the medical field
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If a patient is hard of hearing it is not appropriate to.....
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Shout at them. Instead speak slowly, use writing, reduce noise, make eye contact, ect
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Medical Assistants should care about?
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The patient's well being
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Professionalism will .......
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Affect people's impression of you
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Do not share your......
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Personal beliefs or opinions with the patient
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Podiatry=
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Feet
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Pediatrics=
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Children
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Human Genome Project=
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Research of genetics
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Geriatrics=
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elderly
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Nonverbal communication=
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body language/ expressions
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Communication cycle=
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sender, receiver, message
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Florence Nightingale=
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Founder of modern nursing
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Holistic medicine-
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patient addresses all needs
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The MA represents-
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The facility and the doctor when working with patients
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Accreditation-
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Standards are met/exceeded
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Louis Pasteur-
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Established Bacteriology
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*Characteristics of a good medical assistant
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Honest, punctual, responsible
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*Administrative Functions of a MA
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Scheduling, computer skills
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Active listening-
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paying attention
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Bariatrics-
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treating obese
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Verbal communication-
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tone of voice, words
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when dealing with a special needs patient-
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determine the best route of communication
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Surgical Asepsis was created by...
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Joseph Lister
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Medical Assistants may come in contact with various other professionals such as.....
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Nurses, EMT's, Therapists, X-ray techs
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People learn in various ways-
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visual-seeing, auditory-hearing, kinesthetic-hands on
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*Clinical job duties of a MA
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Venipuncture, vitals, EKGs, drug refills, obtaining histories
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Future hopes for medicine:
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Cure for AIDS, cure for Cancer, cloning organs, cure for heart disease or obesity
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Open ended question-
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not just a yes or no answer(Ex: asking patient to describe something)
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Oncology-
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Cancer treatment
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Empathy-
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Putting yourself in the pt's shoes, identifying w/them
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Sympathy-
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Feeling of sorrow for someone else's misfortune
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Risk Management is....
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The responsibility of the MA
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Externship-
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Is part of the MA's education
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Licensure-
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Examination, endorsement
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Certification-
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Exam through a professional organization
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