Question

 Describe why you think you will make a good clinical social work student as well as an effective social worker.

 Discuss your readiness for rigorous graduate work. How/when will you manage 20 hours of graduate work every week?

Answer 1

Students develop competencies in assessment and diagnosis, treatment, and prevention for a variety of emotional and behavioral problems. Numerous social work skills, human behavior theories (including those focused on the impact of trauma on development and interpersonal relationships), and evidence-based practices are taught to inform student learning

Clinical social workers are employed in a wide variety of fields that include but are not limited to mental health, child welfare and children’s services, home-based interventions, health clinics and hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, family service settings, school social work, services for the elderly, and housing agencies.

Nursing education at all levels needs to provide a better understanding of and experience in care management, quality improvement methods, systems-level change management, and the reconceptualized roles of nurses in a reformed health care system. Nursing education should serve as a platform for continued lifelong learning and include opportunities for seamless transition to higher degree programs. Accrediting, licensing, and certifying organizations need to mandate demonstrated mastery of core skills and competencies to complement the completion of degree programs and written board examinations. To respond to the underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minority groups and men in the nursing workforce, the nursing student body must become more diverse. Finally, nurses should be educated with physicians and other health professionals as students and throughout their careers•Nursing education at all levels needs to provide a better understanding of and experience in care management, quality improvement methods, systems-level change management, and the reconceptualized roles of nurses in a reformed health care system.