What is compliance?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Compliance is acting in accordance with laws and with a company's rules, policies, and procedures. Compliance is extremely important because ignoring a rule, violating a policy, or breaking the law can compromise quality, hurt a patient or coworker, and lead to job termination.

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State Medicaid programs must provide coverage for all of the following except

A. transportation to medical care. B. freestanding birth center services. C. children's vaccines. D. vision benefits.

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Which of the following factors has been documented as the second most prevalent cause of medication errors?

A) inadequate patient monitoring B) lack of drug knowledge C) illegible handwriting D) problems with herbal remedies

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You are administering aspirin to a patient with crushing chest pain when he asks you if he is having a heart attack. An appropriate response to his question would be:

A. "I believe you are." B. "An ECG will tell us." C. "Probably not." D. "I don't know."

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How should a patient experiencing an angina episode be positioned?

A. supine B. feet elevated C. fetal position D. however they are most comfortable

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