The nurse assigned to assertive community treatment (ACT) should ...

[cookcarl]

The nurse assigned to assertive community treatment (ACT) should explain the program's treatment goal as:
 
  a. assisting patients to maintain abstinence from alcohol and other substances of abuse.
  b. providing structure and a therapeutic milieu for mentally ill patients whose symptoms require stabilization.
  c. maintaining medications and stable psychiatric status for incarcerated inmates who have a history of mental illness.
  d. providing services for mentally ill individuals who require intensive treatment to continue to live in the community.

Question 2

The case manager plans to discuss the treatment plan with a patient's family. Select the case manager's first action.
 
  a. Determine an appropriate location for the conference.
  b. Support the discussion with examples of the patient's behavior.
  c. Obtain the patient's permission for the exchange of information.
  d. Determine which family members should participate in the conference.

[Tonny]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
An assertive community treatment (ACT) program provides intensive community services to persons with serious, persistent mental illness who live in the community but require aggressive services to prevent repeated hospitalizations.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The case manager must respect the patient's right to privacy, which extends to discussions with family. Talking to family members is part of the case manager's role. Actions identified in the distracters occur after the patient has given permission.