CoC Standards with Questions with Correct Solutions Rated A+

A policy or procedure must be in place to ensure access to rehabilitation services on site. True False - False System therapies are specialized areas are characterized by a knowledgeable nursing staff, facilities necessary to provide care, and a distinct set of policies and procedures. True False - True The facility's cancer committee is responsible for monitoring, assessing, and identifying changes that are needed to maintain compliance with eligibility criteria annually. True False - True Cancer conferences are not utilized to provide physician and allied medical staff education True False - False Psychosocial Services include spiritual support needed to cope with cancer diagnosis. True False - True Clinical trial accrual requirements are based on facility category and the number of analytic accessions. True False - True An individual may fill only one coordinator position at a time. True False - True A video conference counts towards the annual educational activity for a cancer registrar. True False - True Cancer program goals are evaluated annually. True False - True The Cancer Quality Coordinator monitors the activities of the Cancer Conference. True False - True ACS' CoC mandated that at least 90% of all pathology reports from cancer specimens include all required elements from the CAP Cancer Protocols to achieve CoC program accreditation. True False - True At a minimum, a random sample of 10% of the pathology reports eligible for CAP protocols or a maximum of 500 cases are reviewed each year to document compliance with this standard. True False - True At CoC-accredited cancer programs, all nurses administering chemotherapy to patients need to provide documented certification of chemotherapy training. True False - True Genetic counseling and genetic testing services are provided to cancer patients either on-site or by referral. True False - True At CoC-accredited cancer programs, palliative care services are available to patients on-site only. True False - False The cancer committee must conduct a Community Needs Assessment (CAN) once during the three-year accreditation cycle. True False - True The Survivorship Care Plan (SCP) is delivered to the patient within six months of the diagnosis of cancer True False - False The SCP is delivered to the patient within one year of the diagnosis of cancer. At CoC-accredited cancer programs, all cancer patients must be screened for distress a minimum of once at a pivotal medical visit, as determined by the program. True False - True The Psychosocial Services Coordinator is required to oversee the distress screening and report to the cancer committee bi-annually. True False - False The Psychosocial Services Coordinator is required to oversee the distress screening and report to the cancer committee annually. According to CoC cancer program Standard 3.3, the cancer program will provide SCPs to 75% of eligible patients who have completed treatment. True False - True Each calendar year, the cancer committee offers at least one cancer prevention program that focuses on decreasing the number of diagnoses of a specific cancer type. True False - True An example of a cancer screening program would be a program that offers low dose CT for patients with a high risk for breast cancer. True False - True A responsibility of the Cancer Liaison Physician is to liaise with the American Cancer Society (ACS). True False - True