Why is it important for the patient not to feel as if his or her type of insurance or ability to pay is the most important item of information collected?
What will be an ideal response?
The patient should be made to feel as if he or she is important to the medical office staff. When patients believe that the medical staff value the type of insurance or ability to pay, patients may feel that the staff are impersonal or that the primary concern is money, rather than the patients.
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A) the baby was distressed and may be hypoxic. B) there is an infection in the amniotic membrane and fluid. C) the baby is premature and covered with vernix. D) the amniotic sac has yet to rupture.
Which of the following statements regarding hoistway doors is LEAST accurate?
A. They may not be equipped with locks to keep them from opening. B. They work in conjunction with car doors and depend on the car doors for power. C. They cannot completely prevent the passage of smoke from the hoistway into the building. D. The addition of a swinging door meets the requirement of a supplementary smoke barrier.