Pearson’s Massage Therapy Exam Review

Description

This expanded and updated text fully prepares massage therapy students for the latest massage therapy certifying exams, including NCETMB, NCETM, and MBLEx. PEARSON’S MASSAGE THERAPY EXAM REVIEW, 5/e supports a wide spectrum of students and learning types by providing many ways to study, including simple outlines; intuitive charts, figures, and tables; many exam related questions with answers and rationales; and video and PowerPoint in a brand-new online study component. It fully reflects major recent changes in the NCTMB exam, and now includes more visuals, as well as more content on ethics, business, medical terminology, aromatherapy and pharmacology — giving students an even more complete and useful study resource.

For massage therapy programs and students in states that accept or require a national qualifying exam for certification or licensure; including NCETMB, NCETM, MBLEx, or the “new” advanced NCAP exam; for other massage therapy courses that cover similar material; and potentially for anatomy and physiology review in other health care programs.

This expanded and updated text fully prepares massage therapy students for the latest massage therapy certifying exams, including NCETMB, NCETM, and MBLEx. It supports a wide spectrum of students and learning types by providing many ways to study, including simple outlines; intuitive charts, figures, and tables; many exam related questions with answers and rationales; and video and PowerPoint in a brand-new online study component. It fully reflects major recent changes in the NCTMB exam, and now includes more visuals, as well as more content on ethics, business, medical terminology, aromatherapy and pharmacology – giving students an even more complete and useful study resource. 

Hallmark Features

Helps students prepare for their certification exams as efficiently as possible. Organized to follow the topics covered on the latest NCTMB and MBLEx national exams, while also supporting other leading exams.

Gives students the most practice of any book of its type. Includes 1,000 up-to-date questions systematically reviewing A&P and massage principles and theory, with answers and rationales; provides additional complete sample tests online

Helps students focus their study on the topics considered most important by examiners. Presents questions in the proportions contained on the actual exams.

Organized to make studying as simple and efficient as possible. Uses a simple outline format with many tables, charts, figures, and other visuals.

Makes it easy for students to review crucial A&P and physiology information. Combines all A&P and pathology content in a separate section that follows the book’s overall format and contains its own extensive set of study questions.

1. Medical Terminology

2. Organization of Body, Definitions, and Cytology

3. Integumentary System

4. Skeletal System

5. Muscular System / Kinesiology

6. Cardiovascular System

7. Lymphatic System

8. Respiratory System

9. Nervous System

10. Urinary System

11. Digestive System

12. Endocrine System

13. Reproductive System

14. 300 Questions with Answers and Rationales; Anatomy, Physiology and Kinesiology

15. General Pathology

16. Pathology of Systems

17. Basic Pharmacology

18. 200 Questions with Answers and Rationales; Pathology and Pharmacology

19. History

20. Massage and Bodywork Assessment

21. Indications, Benefits and Contraindications of Massage

22. Massage Application: Basic Principles

23. Massage Application: Methods and Techniques

24. CPR and First Aid

25. Hydrotherapy and Aromatherapy

26. 300 Questions with Answers and Rationales Therapeutic Massage Assessment/Application

27. Eastern Energy Bodywork

28. Western Energy Bodywork

29. Modalities Eastern and Western

30. 100 Questions with Answers and Rationales; Energy Bodywork

31. Ethics of Massage and Bodywork / Standards of Practice and Professionalism

32. Business and Legal Practices

33. 100 Questions with Answers and Rationales; Ethics, Standards, Business and Legal

34. Simulated NCETMB Exam

35. Simulated NCETM Exam

36. Simulated MBLEx Exam

Appendix A: State Massage Licensing Laws

Appendix B: Massage and Bodywork Organizations and Publications

For massage therapy programs and students in states that accept or require a national qualifying exam for certification or licensure; including NCETMB, NCETM, MBLEx, or the “new” advanced NCAP exam; for other massage therapy courses that cover similar material; and potentially for anatomy and physiology review in other health care programs.

This expanded and updated text fully prepares massage therapy students for the latest massage therapy certifying exams, including NCETMB, NCETM, and MBLEx. It supports a wide spectrum of students and learning types by providing many ways to study, including simple outlines; intuitive charts, figures, and tables; many exam related questions with answers and rationales; and video and PowerPoint in a brand-new online study component. It fully reflects major recent changes in the NCTMB exam, and now includes more visuals, as well as more content on ethics, business, medical terminology, aromatherapy and pharmacology – giving students an even more complete and useful study resource. 

This fifth edition provides expanded content to reflect the latest certification exams (including the extensively revamped NCETMB exam. It supports all types of students by providing even more ways to study, including a brand-new online study component.

Updated! Fully covers the latest NCETMB and MBLEx content–reflecting major changes in the NCETMB since the previous edition

• Helps students prepare for the exams they will actually take

Expanded! Contains new skeletal and muscular figures and far more content–including new material on ethics, business, medical terminology, pathology, aromatherapy, and pharmacology

• Gives students a more well-rounded and complete study resource 

New! Includes a brand-new online study component–including narrated massage videos that walk through routines; PowerPoint presentations; electronic versions of the book in several standard ebook formats, and complete practical exams

• Gives students intuitive study resources they can use anywhere an Internet connection is available; supports visual learners who prefer to learn by watching