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NURS 3132 - DAY 1 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Which individual with mental illness may
need involuntary hospitalization?
a) A person with alcoholism who has been sober for 6
months but begins drinking again
b) An individual with schizophrenia who stops taking
prescribed antipsychotic drugs
c) An individual with bipolar disorder, manic phase, who has
not eaten in 4 days
d) Someone who repeatedly phones a national TV
broadcasting service with news tips
c
The intervention that will be most effective in preventing a
nurse from making decisions that will lead to legal difficulties
in which of the following?
a) Asking a peer to review nursing intervention-related
decisions
b) Balancing the rights of the patient and the rights of society
c) Maintaining currency in provincial or territorial laws
affecting nursing practice
d) Seeking value clarification about fundamental ethical
principles
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c
What ethical principle refers to the individual's right to make
his/her/their own decisions?
a) Beneficence
b) Autonomy
c) Veracity
d) Fidelity
b
A patient who presents no danger to himself or other is
forced to take medication against their will. This situation
represents which of the following?
a) Assault
b) Battery
c) Defamation
d) Invasion of privacy
b
A nurse seeks to establish a relationship with a
patient readmitted to the hospital. The patient has bipolar
disorder, depressed type, and was hospitalized the
preceding month. Which statement by the nurse would
contribute to establishing trust?
A. “Weren’t you complying with your medication regimen?”
B. “It must be discouraging to be readmitted to the hospital
so soon.”
C. “Everyone with bipolar disorder ends up in the hospital
occasionally.”
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D. “You must take your drugs as prescribed or you will be
rehospitalized.”
b
Which statement regarding patients’ rights after
being voluntarily admitted to an acute care psychiatric unit is
true?
a) All rights remain intact
b) All rights are temporarily suspended
c) The right to refuse treatment is no longer guaranteed
d) Only rights that do not involve decision making remain
intact
a
Which attribute would be least helpful for a community
mental health nurse to have?
a) Autonomy
b) Reactive manner
c) Nonjudgmental attitude
d) Ability to cross service systems
b
Which is a characteristic of a therapeutic inpatient milieu?
a) It provides for the patient’s safety and comfort
b) Voluntarily admitted patients are generally allowed
additional privileges
c) Rules and behavioural limits are flexibly enforced
NURS 3132 - DAY 1 2026 LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Which individual with mental illness may
need involuntary hospitalization?
a) A person with alcoholism who has been sober for 6
months but begins drinking again
b) An individual with schizophrenia who stops taking
prescribed antipsychotic drugs
c) An individual with bipolar disorder, manic phase, who has
not eaten in 4 days
d) Someone who repeatedly phones a national TV
broadcasting service with news tips
c
The intervention that will be most effective in preventing a
nurse from making decisions that will lead to legal difficulties
in which of the following?
a) Asking a peer to review nursing intervention-related
decisions
b) Balancing the rights of the patient and the rights of society
c) Maintaining currency in provincial or territorial laws
affecting nursing practice
d) Seeking value clarification about fundamental ethical
principles
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c
What ethical principle refers to the individual's right to make
his/her/their own decisions?
a) Beneficence
b) Autonomy
c) Veracity
d) Fidelity
b
A patient who presents no danger to himself or other is
forced to take medication against their will. This situation
represents which of the following?
a) Assault
b) Battery
c) Defamation
d) Invasion of privacy
b
A nurse seeks to establish a relationship with a
patient readmitted to the hospital. The patient has bipolar
disorder, depressed type, and was hospitalized the
preceding month. Which statement by the nurse would
contribute to establishing trust?
A. “Weren’t you complying with your medication regimen?”
B. “It must be discouraging to be readmitted to the hospital
so soon.”
C. “Everyone with bipolar disorder ends up in the hospital
occasionally.”
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D. “You must take your drugs as prescribed or you will be
rehospitalized.”
b
Which statement regarding patients’ rights after
being voluntarily admitted to an acute care psychiatric unit is
true?
a) All rights remain intact
b) All rights are temporarily suspended
c) The right to refuse treatment is no longer guaranteed
d) Only rights that do not involve decision making remain
intact
a
Which attribute would be least helpful for a community
mental health nurse to have?
a) Autonomy
b) Reactive manner
c) Nonjudgmental attitude
d) Ability to cross service systems
b
Which is a characteristic of a therapeutic inpatient milieu?
a) It provides for the patient’s safety and comfort
b) Voluntarily admitted patients are generally allowed
additional privileges
c) Rules and behavioural limits are flexibly enforced
