Explain how these roles directly support  patients and their families.

Post a description of three primary  roles of medical social workers that you consider to be inspiring and  rewarding. Explain why. Explain how these roles directly support  patients and their families. Explain how these roles might directly  address three issues related to patient care (e.g., noncompliance with  treatment regimen). Then, describe specific interventions (e.g., patient  education to improve treatment compliance) you might implement when  performing your primary roles to resolve the three specific issues you  selected. Illustrate these issues and interventions with examples (e.g.,  patient education or health literacy to reinforce treatment regimen).

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific  references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate  APA format and style.

Readings

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.). Care transitions from hospital to home: IDEAL discharge planning implementation handbook. Retrieved from https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Implement_Hndbook_508_v2.pdf
 

 

Beder, J. (2006). Hospital social work: The interface of medicine and caring. New York, NY: Routledge.
Chapter 2, “General Medical Social Work” (pp. 9–20)

Craig, S. L., & Muskat, B. (2013). Bouncers, brokers, and glue: The self-described roles of social workers in urban hospitals. Health Social Work, 38(1), 7–16.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

Department of Health and Human Services. (2019). Your discharge planning checklist: For patients and their caregivers preparing to leave a hospital, nursing home, or other care setting. Retrieved from https://www.medicare.gov/pubs/pdf/11376-discharge-planning-checklist.pdf
 
 
 

Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (Eds). (2012). Handbook of health social work (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Chapter 2, “Social Work Roles and Health-Care Settings” (pp. 20–40)

Fox, M. T., Persaud, M., Maimets, I., Brooks, D., O‘Brien, K., & Tregunno, D. (2013). Effectiveness of early discharge planning in acutely ill or injured hospitalized older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Geriatrics, 13, 70.

Marshall, J. W., Ruth, B. J., Sisco, S., Bethke, C., Piper, T. M., Cohen, M., & Bachman, S. (2011). Social work interest in prevention: A content analysis of the professional literature. Social Work, 56(3), 201–211.

National Association for Social Workers. (2016). NASW standards for social work practice in health care settings. Retrieved from https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=fFnsRHX-4HE%3d&portalid=0