CCHP Intake Screening and Health Assessment 2

Question 1

For jail facilities, NCCHC standards require the comprehensive health assessment to be completed within:

Accepted Answer

7 days

Answer

24 hours

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14 days

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30 days

Question 2

A health assessment at intake should include which of the following regarding chronic conditions?

Accepted Answer

Documentation and treatment planning for pre-existing chronic conditions

Answer

Only newly diagnosed conditions identified during intake

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Referral to an outside specialist without any in-house evaluation

Answer

Delayed assessment until the inmate has been housed for 30 days

Question 3

Pregnancy screening at correctional intake is important primarily because:

Accepted Answer

Pregnancy necessitates individualized care and special accommodations from the start of incarceration

Answer

It is required only for inmates over 40 years of age

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It is optional and performed only if the inmate requests it

Answer

Pregnant inmates are always transferred to outside hospitals immediately

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the role of the receiving screening versus the comprehensive health assessment?

Accepted Answer

Receiving screening identifies urgent needs at intake; health assessment provides thorough evaluation within days

Answer

They are interchangeable terms for the same process

Answer

Health assessment occurs first; receiving screening follows weeks later

Answer

Receiving screening is performed by security staff; health assessment by social workers only

Question 5

Transfer health summaries are required when an inmate moves between correctional facilities primarily to:

Accepted Answer

Ensure continuity of medical care and prevent gaps in treatment

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Satisfy administrative documentation quotas

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Allow receiving facility security staff to review health history for custody decisions

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Notify public health departments of the transfer

Question 6

Which of the following communicable diseases must be screened for at correctional intake per NCCHC standards?

Accepted Answer

Tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections, and hepatitis, at minimum

Answer

Tuberculosis only

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HIV and hepatitis C only

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Influenza and the common cold only

Question 7

An inmate who is unable to communicate due to a language barrier presents at intake. The correct approach is to:

Accepted Answer

Use a qualified interpreter or translation service to conduct the screening

Answer

Proceed with intake screening without an interpreter and document the barrier

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Delay the receiving screening until an interpreter is available the next business day

Answer

Have a bilingual fellow inmate serve as interpreter for all clinical questions