state of emergency

Hey guys it's Lis. Just got sent home. Corporate office first had some staff go and then about 10 minutes ago sent everyone home. Please don't leave anywhere you don't need to be going. NJ is shutting down many roads and all transit within the next two hours or so. The governor is letting people try and get where they need to as much as possible.

Much love and be safe.

Homework for Monday 2/10/14

• Read chapter 10: Nervous system in its completion.
• Do the learning exercises entitled "Case Report" under the heading labeled "Practical Applications." From pages 374-376.
• Do exercises A-D.
• Bring in a list of 3 genetic mutations AND 3 genetic disorders.

Checked the school site (wed. 2/5/14)

Newark Campus- Wednesday, February 5, 2014- UPDATE 6 AM
The Newark Campus will be closed today due to inclement weather.

Agenda for this Week:

This week we are going to focus on the cardiovascular system guys! 

This month is also Women's Heart Health Month and during discussion Ms. Hall came up with an idea as a result of a teacher's meeting. Our class on Thursday will be helping in a mini-fair that will be happening in honor of Women's Heart Health Month and we will have poster projects. Apart from that some of us will be presenting these projects and there will be a smoothie line promoting heart health. Any more updates will occur throughout the blog so don't lose track of this page! Keep it in your bookmarks if you must :D

Delayed Opening (02/03/2014)

Ms. Tracy called Ms. Hall. We go in at 10 AM.

Informative Facts (Notes from Tuesday, January 28th)

Informative Facts: 

• A pathogen is a disease or infection. 
• Infectious diseases have a variety of ways of occurring. Extra Note: To learn more about infectious diseases (pathogens) and how they may spread, >>check this out.<< It is a site leading to that of South Australia's health topics but they can be good examples.
• Code blue is a code used in the hospital to call for the emergency team and the trauma/emergency physician. It is a top priority duty and any other assignments you were working with at the time must be properly and safely set aside before going to assist the doctor--remember to do so quickly. As an author on this site, what I mean by properly and safely is the following: Remember HIPAA? If you're working with a patient's information in any form, don't leave their information out in the open and let others see it. If you're in an office setting, within a vicinity that deals with code blue, make sure that anyone in the office with you is to step outside while you're gone. 
• Code red is a code that deals with a fire situation.
• There are a few differences between the psychologist and the psychiatrist. A vital difference is that a psychiatrist can prescribe medications to a patient whereas a psychologist cannot.
• OSHA: AKA Occupational Safety & Health Administration; They are the administration that protect medical assistants. Note: If you desire to learn more about OSHA, here's their >>site.<<
• STAT is a term that requires you to do something immediately.

Scope of Practice: 

• Remember to refer to the handout entitled "What Medical Assistants Can and Cannot Do" -- If you do not have it, do not worry, there were not enough copies. By Monday (February 3rd, 2014) there should be a tab that allows you to see pages to the document.
• S.O.A.P. is going to be appearing in our field quite often. This is the acronym for: Subjective Objective Assessment Plan. Medical Assistants are only responsible for the subjective and objective portions. Refer to the handout titled "Daily Progress Notes: SOAP Note Format" for all the information you should remember.
• Remember that when you refer to a well visit it is referring to your regular physical type of visit. When referring to an office visit the patient is coming in because they are sick.

Welcome to the blog everyone!

Here you will find class notes and other nifty things that will help us all out. You can use your gmail account to sign in and ask a question as a comment under a post. The site is now up to date and will be running smoothly over the course of this module. Any helpful links will also be posted every now and then. Here are some interesting videos to keep the juices flowing:

Here is someone video logging (AKA vlogging) and discussing in an entertaining manner about health care problems in the United States:

New Patient Rights under HIPAA (informational for all):

This here is the HIPAA parody of "Our Lips Are Sealed" -- Try spotting what violations are being committed:

For the sake of a skit in between things (HIPAA related):