Social Work in the Medical Setting
This is a series of questions asked at the beginning of treatment and helps to create a treatment plan in the medical setting
What is the biopsychosocial or high risk assessment?
Short term goals focused everyday based therapy approach to help client construct solutions
What is Solution Focused Therapy?
The acronym SOAP in a healthcare setting stands for
What is Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan?
Where leave requested are entered
What is VATAS?
Your patient has been approved for 10 hours a week of this service for assistance for activities of daily living
Value: What is home health aide consult?
Consisting of a social worker, physician, nurse, psychiatrist and any additional clinical staff
What is interdisciplinary team?
A patient does not wish for interventions and does not want the nurse to take vitals. The patient has this right
What is the right to refuse care?
A type of treatment program that requires patients to live at home while attending sessions multiple times throughout the week including individual and group counseling, medication management, and psychoeducational components.
ACT intensive outpatient program
Where IT request are placed
What is YourIT?
Your patient has been approved for a 30 day stay at a community rehab.
Value: What is care in the community?
This is a federal law that prohibits the sharing of medical or mental health documents or information without the consent of the patient or client
What is HIPAA?
Emergency psychological treatment aimed at assisting individuals in a crisis situation and to minimize the potential for further trauma
What is crisis intervention?
A protocol put in place to protect patients who are in active withdrawal from alcohol
What Is CIWA? or Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment-Alcohol?
Your last hope for VA transport that you call when your patient doesn't qualify for Beneficiary Travel and needs transport to an appointment
Who is Daniel Memnon?
Requires a renewal every 60 days to show interest ?
What is HUDVASH consult?
A temporary state of mental confusion and disorientation that develops in hospitalized patients.
What is delirium?
Structured evaluation used to assess a person's mental state and cognitive functioning
What is a mental status exam?
The most recent addition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder published by the American Psychiatric Association
What is DSM V
Comprehensive wed based transitional care program that is used by the VA and post acute care providers
What is Ensocare?
Veteran is going to Florida for the winter and is need of a speciality and primary care appt at the local CBOC clinic in FL. The team should place this consult to coordinate care.
Who is Traveling Veterans consult?
A patient needing to apply for long term care Medicaid can have no more than this amount of money in accounts or personal assets.
What is $2000.00?
A belief in human potential that is tied to the notion that all people have untapped, undetermined abilities. It is the social worker's responsibility to identify and utilized these strengths
What is strengths perspective?
When a person has immobility or reduced movement, rigidity, and is in a stupor
What is catatonia
An online system for reports placed when there is an issue or incident that involves patient safety
What is JPSR (Joint Patient Reporting System)?
This is used when patient is financially eligible for travel but does not meet functional criteria and does not have a personal vehicle.
What is Common Carrier consult?