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Question 1 · Psychosocial Concepts and Support SystemsWhich two-question screen is commonly used to identify food insecurity?
- A. The Hunger Vital Sign
- B. The CAGE questionnaire
- C. The PHQ-2
- D. The Mini-Cog
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A. The Hunger Vital SignThe Hunger Vital Sign asks whether food ran out or the client worried it would in the past 12 months.
Which statement best describes the relationship between social drivers and clinical care?
- A. Clinical care alone determines nearly all health outcomes for patients
- B. Social drivers matter only for children and not for any other age group
- C. Social drivers are outside the scope of case management practice
- D. Social drivers shape outcomes as much as or more than medical care
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D. Social drivers shape outcomes as much as or more than medical careEstimates suggest medical care accounts for a minority of health outcomes, with social, economic, behavioral and environmental factors driving much of the rest.
A client with mild cognitive decline handles money poorly and recently paid a scammer $2,000. What should the case manager do?
- A. Assess capacity and discuss protections such as a trusted helper
- B. Take control of the client's bank account to stop further losses
- C. Ignore it because it was only once
- D. Tell the client to stop using banks
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A. Assess capacity and discuss protections such as a trusted helperFinancial vulnerability calls for capacity assessment and protections such as a trusted person, bank alerts or a financial power of attorney, with possible APS referral.
Which approach best reflects a strengths-based psychosocial assessment?
- A. Listing only the client's deficits
- B. Focusing only on past failures
- C. Identifying skills and supports along with needs
- D. Avoiding the client's own view of the situation to stay objective
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C. Identifying skills and supports along with needsStrengths-based assessment identifies what the client has to build on, not only problems.
A client declines a blood transfusion for religious reasons. What is the case manager's role?
- A. Persuade the client to accept the transfusion
- B. Respect the choice and help find acceptable alternatives
- C. Report the client to protective services
- D. Ask the family to override the client
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B. Respect the choice and help find acceptable alternativesA capable adult may refuse treatment; the case manager supports informed choice and alternatives such as bloodless medicine programs.
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