Solution Manual for
Pearson's Comprehensive Medical Assisting, 5th edition Kristiana Sue M. Routh, Diana Garza, Jennifer Lamé, Joseph J. Mistovich, Jahangir Moini, Jamie Nguyen
Answer Key Following are the answers to the end-of-chapter exercises in Pearson’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting, 5th Edition.
Unit 1: Introduction to Health Care CHAPTER 1 Competency Review 1. See the glossary. 2. Student answers will vary but could include physician’s offices, urgent care facilities, laboratories, etc. 3. The answer should include a list of different skills under these categories. Administrative functions typically involve working with medical insurance, doing office duties, and handling paperwork, whereas clinical care requires assisting the physician in various settings, obtaining measurements and vital signs, handling patient specimens, etc. 4. Answers could include AAMA, AMT, NHA, and NCCT. 5. Professional qualities or characteristics regularly found in good medical assistants are integrity, discretion, empathy, the ability to safeguard the patient’s right to confidentiality, thoroughness, punctuality, congeniality, proactivity, and competence. 6. Student answers will vary but should include topics from ABHES and CAAHEP curricula, such as anatomy and physiology, legal and ethical issues, nutrition, applied mathematics, infection control, and communication, to name a few. 7. These could include medical assistant, medical administrative assistant, certified medical assistant, medical records clerk, clinic aide, unit secretary, patient navigator, etc. 8. Medial assisting education options include certificate, diploma, and degree programs. Length of time and coursework will vary depending on the level of education pursued.
Preparing for the Certification Exam 1. d, 2. e,
3. c,
4. e,
5. b,
6. c,
7. e,
8. b,
9. b,
10. c
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