When is the SAFE-T Assessment not required when completing a MH assessment?
When the client is identified as "No Risk" under the nursing SAFE-T screening.
What is one of the main words we never speak aloud while working
Quiet, Slow, or Calm
What tests should clinical request from nursing in order to send out referrals
COVID and UDS
What hospitals accept voluntary clients
All of them. Aurora Vista Del Mar is voluntary only
What is the BPRS and What does it measure. (Bonus point for knowing the acronym)
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Measure is utilized to measure psychiatric symptoms presented at time of assessment.
Which pharmacy is the medication sent to when a CWIC cx has no insurance?
Regional Essential Pharmacy
True or False: speaking about a client will conjure them to return.
True
What goes in the Hospital packets
Face Sheet (Simple), Practitioner Assessment, COVID, UDS, Insurance Sheet/Insurance card, original 5150/5585 if applicable
For voluntary adolescent clients, what does the hospital need in order to possibly accept client?
Vol admission form signed by cx's parent if both parents are married.
If divorced, both parents need to sign. If divorced/separated, paperwork needs to be presented to show a parent has sole custody.
If both parents are unable to sign, recommended for cx to be placed on a hold.
If cx is an adult and vol, then just the signed vol admission form suffices
For Client’s on unit for more than 1 day, what clinical staff would be responsible for ensuring that the “Discharge Status Form” and the “Aftercare Instructions” are completed.
Any and all clinical staff assigned would be responsible if this documentation was missing or incomplete. (DC and Aftercare should be started at the time of intake and confirmed as present and updated at the end of each shift. This documentation also has to be provided to the client at the time of discharge.)
How old does a minor need to be to consent for own treatment
12 years of age and up
How many Clinical Staff members does it take to change a lightbulb?
at least 2: one to change the lightbulb and the other to watch the Census/Teams
What goes in the ambulance packet?
Two Face Sheets (Simple), COVID, Insurance Sheet/Insurance card, copy of hold if applicable
For indigent clients who are recommended for HLOC, what hospital process do they go through?
Gatekeeper. They help us find Short Doyle Beds for the uninsured. Best to call them early
How many questions are asked of clients for the Life Events Checklist.
19 (Remarks section does not count because we don’t ask that of the client)
When is the BPRS completed?
Completed at time of assessment. Can be completed more than once for unit clients.
Where do the laptops and chargers go when we are done with our shift
In the hallway between units, in the charging station
What goes in a CRT packet?
Completed RAF, Practitioner Assessment & MD/NP Notes, Nursing admission & assessment notes, COVID, UDS, client's insurance info, Physician orders/medication list
What insurances are accepted at CRTPs?
Medi-Cal and without insurance
Who Completes the BPRS?
This measure is completed by either a Provider or an MHS II/III
California Welfare and Institutions code for an involuntary hold on an Adolescnet
5585
Why don't we have toaster ovens in the Unit kitchens?
Staff kept starting fires in them.
In what envelope does the original hold go in
Hospital
What requirements does Gatekeeper have in order to assist in finding bed availability for clients?
Cxs must be without insurance and on a hold
How many lockers do we have outside for client use and where are they located?
4 and Outside the Break Room door