An incarcerated client with a chronic mental illness is being discharged from the forensic unit at the state mental hospital
The nurse case manager uses resources to facilitate the most seamless transition into society. The nurse should make arrangements for the provision of what aftercare services?
A) Application for employment with an employment agency
B) Day rehabilitation at the community mental health center
C) Enrollment in a local vocational school
D) Contact numbers for the local police department
Ans: B
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Dvoskin and Broaddus (1993) have proposed a mental health care model for the efficient and systematic treatment of the mentally ill offender. This approach advocates a seamless continuum of services that includes the prison setting and satellite services within the community, linking correctional and parole staff with community mental health care providers.
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