Question

Chapter 9 Tina is a 24-year-old woman with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. She has just been released from the Jefferson County Medical Center's psychiatric unit. This is her third hospitalization for mani episodes in th past 18 months. She has a 3-year-old daughter and a 5-year-old son who live with their father but visit with her every other weekend. She has been released to the community with the services of ohn, a nurse case manager. The following services need to be coordinated: • Weekly group therapy at the Community Mental Health Center Transportation services • Medication supervision from her psychiatrist • Twice-weekly homemaker services for parenting education Tina's goal is to manage her medications and return to a functional level that will allow her to resume weekend Visitation with her children 1. Based on the information above, what primary type of case management will john provide? A. Patient-centered case management B. System.centered case management 2. Which of the following does not represent an essential case management activity? A. Checking Tina's blood pressure weekly 8. Arranging transportation services from transit services C. Evaluating Tina's compliance with her treatment plan

Answer 1

1. Based on the information provided , the primary type of case management provided by John will be option a)

Patient centered case management

2. The correct option is a) checking Tina's blood pressure weekly . It is not a part of her essential case management .