Acute Care, Spiders, and Small Acts of Resistance - Ep. 70
The Social Work Stories Podcast
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The Importance of Intake Assessments
I worked nights at the hospital where we averaged 10 to 15 patient assessments per 12 hour shift. On one particular night I performed an intake on a 30-something unhoused black woman who was chronically mentally ill, unemployed and had almost no support system or access to resources. She was definitely a high-risk patient and met admission criteria for rapid stabilization. Although she was glad to be able to receive some help and treatment I also noticed some hesitation at accepting admission and going through the admission process. When a patient was admitted to the hospital policy stated that the staff member was to go through all of the patient's belongings to sort out what they could take with them to the unit,. What needed to be
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