HUS 412 Case Management II Exam One Short Answer (5 points each) 1. What are the two (2) reasons for accurate records and documentation? The two reasons records and documentation should be correct is for legal purposes and administrative purposes. It helps to be able to look back on your records for further information on each client. 2. Define what a collateral contact is and provide at least three (3) examples. Collateral contacts are the individuals who associate themselves with the client. Collateral contacts can give information about the client to the case worker by their observations. They do not necessarily have to be personally involved with the client or family to obtain this knowledge. Some examples of collateral contacts can …show more content…
Depending on the client and the information they can provide, some of the areas that can be documented are: education, medical history, military experience, current living arrangements, family of origin, significant relationships, legal history, etc. 5. Explain why confrontation during a session made be necessary. Please provide at least two examples. Confrontation is quite common in a therapy session. There are numerous reasons why confronting a client is necessary to proceed with treatment. One of the reasons a therapist/case worker should confront their client is when the client is saying one thing but their body language is saying another. For example a wife is saying she is not unhappy with her husband but her body language shows that she gets up-tight every time her husband is mentioned. Another example for when a therapist should confront their client is when the client has claimed to have a certain set of values, but their behavior violates those values. For example, the client may say that they value collaboration with their partner about parenting, but they constantly need to be right in every situation that …show more content…
What are the four roles of a case manager? The four roles of a case manager consist of coordinating services, documenting (administration), supervision for intensive high-risk clients, and case managing targeted populations. 10. What is a mental status exam? What information should be included? Please be specific… A mental status exam (MSE) is an assessment to observe the client’s current state of mind (reason for visit). There are many parts that should be included on the MSE such as behavior, mood, appearance, thought process, orientation, manner, appetite, thought content, sensorium, memory, suicidal risk, violence risk, etc. These areas are a specific observation that the therapist should indicate on the assessment form. The reason to have these is to get a brief overview of how the client presents themselves and some of the mental/behavioral issues they may appear to have. Long Essay #1 – 25 points Explain the three forms of prevention. What differentiates each of the three? Please provide an example of each one. There are three forms of prevention: • Primary prevention which is used to stop the behavior before it has started. An example of primary prevention would be vaccines. Vaccines are offered to all populations to prevent each virus from
This approach directly addresses the conflict and is often viewed as “might makes right” (Robin, 2002). A confrontational style usually involves high emotional levels, clear clarity of goals, weak relationship, and low concern for formalities or fear of punishment, moderate concerns for traditions, and a moderate self-concept.
Although doctor-patient confidentiality is standard today, a caveat about this privilege is that it does not protect all statements made to therapists and only applies to regularly scheduled appointments. Additionally, if a patient reveals that they intend to harm someone, it is the therapist’s duty to report this fact to the proper authorities.
Patterson, K., Grenny, J., McMillan, R., & Switzer, A. (2005). Crucial confrontations: tools for resolving broken promises, violated expectations, and bad behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill.
There are many key factors to understanding prevention such as identifying the disease, monitoring the prevalence of a disease, and developing new drug's or vaccine's for that disease. In unit 3, we learn about primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention as the new healthcare model. "Primary prevention means averting the occurrence of the disease" (Williams & Torrens, 2008, pp. 143). The primary prevention is meant to be the first line of defense against any disease. They want to eradicate the disease before it even appears in primary prevention. "Secondary prevention is a means to halt the progression of the disease before it becomes serve" (Williams & Torrens, 2008, pp. 143). In secondary prevention, the disease has
Regardless of what issues a client presents in session a counselor should first identify if the client’s issue will cause an issue for them. For example, if a counselor is in recovery from alcoholism and a client needs to address their own addiction issues this may be too close to home for the counselor to handle in an unbiased and professional way. Therefore a counselor should always ask themselves, ‘will this be an issue for me’ when presented with a client issue. Secondarily as counselor should identify if they are competent in their abilities to address the client’s issue. Is the topic something the counselor is comfortable with, educated on, or has experience with? It is unprofessional, unethical, and potentially harmful to the client to agree to address issues that one is not competent to address. If a counselor finds that they are competent and the client’s issue does not cause an issue for the them than the counselor can proceed to identifying new go...
Preventative healthcare is an accessible area that continues to increase in the healthcare segment. Preventative healthcare utilizes various methods to educate and avoid illnesses. Preventative healthcare also strives to improve the overall health wellness of Americans (Benedictine University Online, 2015). The functions of preventative health care inform the population, promote healthy lifestyles and provide early treatments for illnesses. The goal of prevention, also known as intervention is to reduce risks and threats to health (Benedictine University Online, 2015). Therefore, primary, secondary and tertiary are three principal components of the healthcare system.
The promotion of positive social skills and the encouragement of a protective factors with respect to drug-taking behavior and other forms of deviant behavior. Successful primary prevention programs are built around the central idea that an individual is less inclined to engage in substance abuse if the protective factors in his or her life are enhanced and the risk factors are diminished. Only then can a young person be resilient enough to overcome the temptations of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
As a case manager we are “to coordinate needed services provided by any number of agencies, organizations, or facilities” (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2015, p. 31). Not only did she advocate for health services for Brenna but she also working on her housing issue, helped her set up a monthly food budget, helped her find counseling, and helped her build a support network (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2015, p. 32). By providing Brenna with all of these resources the case manager is building up her self-worth and showing her that even though she had some hard times she can survive and make better for herself and her
To explain, the client should not be inferior to the counselor; the environment should be two people discussing an issue and ways to make a difference. A therapist should occasionally share similar experiences; therefore, sessions should make clients feel comfortable. To add, the client should feel safe due to the positive atmosphere the therapist brings to the session. The goal is to finally give the client a chance to be heard, regularly people are muted and feel like they are insignificant to society. Similarly, to Person-centered therapy where communication with the client is unconditionally positive. The therapist needs to genuinely care about the client needs for them to fully express themselves successfully. Furthermore, clients should be encouraging to make their own choices which model how to identify and use power responsibly. Hence, this will help the client feel more confident in everyday life when making a meaningful
Lahmann, N. A., Halfens, R. J. G., & Dassen, T. (2010). Impact of prevention structures and
In brief, case managers are a unique segment of the healthcare workforce. They share the same goals and standards of practice but are multidisciplinary and have diverse academic educational backgrounds and work environments (Park & Huber, 2009). case management leads to better manage health of individuals.
...blem as well as their treatment. Miller suggests that client resistance is a product of the interaction with the counselor who uses confrontational interviewing style. Rather than counselors trying to convince the client to change, the counselor should draw out arguments for change. Such technique is the use of empathy in their style. Several studies supported that therapists behaviors influence clients treatment outcomes. It has been found that the more counselors confront the clients drinking the more the client will drink (Miller, 1993).
My understanding of case management comes from an accumulation of lecture, readings, and a little bit of research. At first I thought case management meant to manage a case, which it kind of does, but it is a lot of background work that goes unnoticed from the workers part. One thing for sure I can say about case management is that is a very stressful and demanding job for the worker, therefore, you have to be a responsible worker, so that your client can hopefully get the services and resources he or she may need. As a case management worker your responsibilities are many, for example you are to educate, empower and enable your client to be self sufficient.
It may involve liaison activities and collateral contacts” (Herdman, John W., 6th Edition). Case management is a concerted effort of various professionals in the human social services network that assess’, plans, implements, coordinates,
The criminal justice perspective is reactive while the public health perspective is proactive. The three different preventions discussed are the primary, secondary, and tertiary. The public health perspective concentrates on primary preventions. Primary prevention tends to look at and target and then alter one or more critical factors. Secondary prevention is where the factors are identified and key changes in development of disease, death, and injuries are changed. Tertiary prevention occurs after the illness or injury has occurred and looks for ways to minimize or reduce