Governance and Administration
How frequently the mental health department holds a staff meeting for all QMHPs working at CCJTDC.
What is monthly?
In addition to completing training upon hire, how often do QMHPs need to complete PREA training?
What is annually?
For discharge/linkage planning, within what period of time does the follow-up occur and for how long does the case remain open?
The follow-up will occur within 1 week of discharge and the case will remain open for follow-up for 30 days.
How frequently are clinical rounds conducted on each pod?
At least once per day.
True or False: A resident does not have the right to refuse psychotropic treatment.
False
This person will be notified in the event of a completed suicide.
Who is the on-call QMHP?
Within this time frame since starting their position with the mental health department, all QMHPs will receive an in-depth orientation of mental health services.
What is 90 days?
They must immediately provide an alternative plan and they must contact the TL/ATL for the center, DC4, and pod staff (YDS).
The amount of time the primary QMHP has to conduct an initial session / assessment with the resident after arriving on the pod to General Population.
What is within 72 hours?
True or False: The Court Health Summary (CHS) and Probation Health Summary (PHS) contain Forensic Information and thus, is provided to determine or influence the legal disposition of the youth.
False- neither the CHS or PHS contain forensic information; therefore, it is not provided to determine or influence the legal disposition of the youth.
These are the two times when residents are formally oriented to the mental health program and informed of how to contact mental health.
What are the Mental Health Intake Screening and the Mental Health Orientation?
In preparation for a resident’s return to CCJTDC, a QMHP prepares this, which integrates any new information that has been obtained from the psychiatric hospital treatment team.
What is a Custody Care Plan?
During emergencies resulting in a resident being referred to SASS or to the JSH ER, who does the QMHP immediately attempt to contact? If the resident is transferred to the JSH ER, who does the QMHP additionally contact?
The QMHP immediately contacts the resident’s legal guardian, documenting all contact attempts. If the resident is transferred to John Stroger Hospital Emergency Department, the QMHP contacts the on-call psychiatry representative at JSH to provide clinical information about the resident.
How frequently are MHFU residents typically seen for individual counseling?
How often is a resident seen for medication management (once stabilized on a medication)?
MHFU residents will typically be seen by a QMHP for follow up sessions (individual counseling) at a minimum of once per week. The psychiatrist / psychiatric APN will see the patient for medication management at a minimum of once every 4 weeks.
How frequently must a QMHP visually check and/or visit a resident who is placed in the Continuous Observation / Isolation room:
1) For mental health reasons
2) For security (non-mental health) reasons
1) For mental health reasons, QMHP will visually check and/or visit the resident every hour.
2) For security (non-mental health) reasons, the QMHP will visually check and or visit the resident every (4) hours.
Written requests for mental health services are submitted on this form and placed in a mailbox located on the resident’s pod.
What is a Sick Call?
All QMHPs credentialed with Cook County Health are required to accumulate this amount of CEUs per year, consistent with the Credentialing Verification Office and NCCHC standards.
QMHPs must accumulate enough CEUs per year to maintain their professional license, with a minimum of 12 hours per year.
Following a resident's return to CCJTDC from a psychiatric hospital, what type of meeting must be held and within what period of time?
A multidisciplinary meeting must be held within 2 hours of the resident's return. The hospital return MDT meeting will be attended by a center QMHP, SIC, and parent Center TL/ATL and the Custody Care Plan is reviewed.
An Individualized Treatment Plan is created for each MHFU resident using data from the initial assessment, chart review, and collateral interview. It is created within the first ___ days of admission to general population and is updated every ___ days (or sooner if there is a major change in the resident's clinical condition.
An Individualized Treatment Plan is created for each resident within the first 14 days of admission to general population, and are updated every 30 days (or sooner if there is a major change in the resident's clinical condition.
Who must a QMHP consult with when referring a resident to the Continuous Observation / Isolation room for serious mental health emergencies or self-destructive behaviors? Who is then responsible for approving or denying this referral?
Upon consultation with the psychiatry department (on site or on-call), a QMHP may make a referral to the Supervisor in Charge (SIC).
In the event that YDS must remain present due to security/safety reasons during a clinical encounter in the school area, the QMHP must provide YDS with instructions related to this.
What is maintaining confidentiality?
When a resident is transferred to an inpatient psychiatric hospital or John Stroger Hospital Emergency Department, the QMHP completes these three documents/forms.
What is a progress note, incident report, and status-log change?
Per policy HS-505.1, a resident is referred to Psychiatry when any of these four conditions are met.
What is..
1. They are currently being treated with psychotropic medication
2. They have a history of being treated with psychotropic medication in the last 12 months
3. They have been psychiatrically hospitalized in the past 12 months
4. The resident is assessed as possibly suffering from psychosis.
Who must the QMHP notify when admitting a resident to the Medical Observation Unit for mental health reasons?
The QMHP must notify:
- the resident
- Center TL/ATL
- Pod YDS
- Charge nurse
- Med Obs Unit YDS
- On-call psychiatrist
In addition, they must submit an Incident Report.
If the legal guardian of the resident cannot be located after diligent efforts, and the continuation of prescribed psychotropic medication is essential to prevent either discontinuation syndrome or symptom exacerbation, what can be sought?
Judicial consent may be sought.