Case management
What each case management question is really asking, how to structure the answer, and where the marks are likely to sit.
Imaginary assessment interview: case manager and client
Case management
A 500 to 750 word paper creating an imaginary assessment interview between a case manager and a client from a specific population of your choice, including a brief introduction, a beginning, middle and end following the interview process set out in chapter two of The Helping Process, a discussion of confidentiality, a strengths-based approach, active listening and questioning skills, and responding skills including minimal responses, paraphrasing, reflection, clarification and summarising, in APA format.
Pick one role from the case manager's eight — advocate, broker, coordinator, consultant, counselor, planner, problem solver, record keeper — and reflect for one page on the attributes it demands, why you are equipped for it, and how you would improve.
Critical thinking for coordinating complex case management
Case management
A discussion prompt on the case manager working with complex cases: a patient with a myriad of health problems must be cared for holistically, with care coordinated across interdisciplinary staff, a maze of resources and managed care organisations — asking how you will use critical thinking skills to assist with the coordinating tasks involved.
The referral question is whether she can care for herself independently, and the community health nurse's findings answer it — but the pets, the crime rate and the empty kitchen each require a different intervention.