Who assists patients with psychosocial and community needs?

• A. Social Worker
• B. Central Sterile Technician
• C. Embalmer/Mortician
• D. Medical Transcriptionist

Answer: (A)

Social workers address patients' psychosocial and community needs by assessing emotional and social challenges, connecting individuals and families with counseling and support services, and coordinating access to community resources. They help with discharge planning, referrals to housing, transportation, financial assistance, and social support, ensuring that outside factors don’t hinder care or recovery. This focus on the social determinants of health and navigating resources within the community is what sets them apart in meeting these needs. The other roles are more specialized: a central sterile technician handles sterile processing and equipment, an embalmer/mortician prepares bodies after death, and a medical transcriptionist converts spoken information into written records—none of which address ongoing psychosocial support or community resource coordination.