Kaplan Medical Assistant Exam Review / Edition 3

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Overview

A complete guide to certification for the medical assistant, one of the fastest-growing occupations in the United States.

Medical assisting is one of the fastest-growing professions in the United States and is showing one of the highest growth rates of any profession. Certification for medical assistants opens the door to opportunities and higher salaries, is required by many managed care organizations, and may become legally mandated in the near future. Medical assistants held 417,000 jobs in 2007 and the number continues to grow. Recertification is required every five years. Kaplan Medical Assistant Exam Review provides a complete guide to certification for the medical assistant.

This comprehensive book features: Review of all tested subjects for the CMA and RMA exams Kaplan test-taking strategies Diagnostic test Full-length practice test (CMA) with complete answer explanations Career resources

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781419553417
  • Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
  • Publication date: 12/7/2010
  • Edition number: 3
  • Pages: 396
  • Sales rank: 52,138
  • Product dimensions: 8.96 (w) x 11.70 (h) x 0.78 (d)

Meet the Author

Diann L. Martin, PhD, RN, is the former Dean of Nursing at Kaplan University. She received her BSN from Loyola University in Chicago in 1974. Both her MSN and PhD are from Rush University in Chicago. Her clinical practice includes 28 years in home health and hospice where she held a variety of clinical administrative positions. She has also been a health care consultant, author and lecturer.

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Table of Contents


About the Author     xiii
How to Use This Book     xv
Basics
Overview of the Exams     3
Medical Assistants Today-Why Credentialing Matters     3
CMA and RMA Credentials     4
What to Expect on the Exams     5
Test-Taking Skills and Study Strategies     13
General Test Preparation     13
CMA/RMA Exam Strategies     14
On the Day of the Exam     15
Diagnostic Test
How to Take the Diagnostic Test     19
Diagnostic Test     21
Answer Key     28
Answers and Explanations     29
Using Your Diagnostic Test Results in Your Review     34
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