MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM 3 ACTUAL PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Mental Illness. Answer: medical conditions that affect a person's
thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily
functioning
◉ Mental Disorders. Answer: Health conditions characterized by
alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress
and/or impaired functioning
◉ Beneficence. Answer: The duty to act so as to benefit or promote
the good of others
◉ Autonomy. Answer: respecting the rights of others to make their
own decisions
◉ Justice. Answer: the duty to distrubute resources or care equally,
regardless of personal attributes
◉ Fidelity. Answer: a.k.a. Nonmaleficence
maintaining loyaltiy and comitment to the patient and doing no
wrong to the ptient
,◉ Veracity. Answer: one's duty to communicate truthfully
◉ Conditioinal Release. Answer: requires outpatient treatment for a
specific period to determine the patient's adherence with medicatin
protocols, ability to meet basic needs, and abilit to reintegrate into
the community
◉ Patient's Rights. Answer: -right to treatment
-right to refuse treatment
-right to informed consent
-rights surrouding involuntary commitment and psychiatric
advanced directives
-rights regarding restraint and seclusion
◉ HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
Answer:
◉ Consent. Answer: permission to do something
◉ ANA (American Nurses Association). Answer: Professional
organization for all RNs. Concerned with licensure, collective
bargaining and education
-defines scope of practice
,◉ Duty to Warn. Answer: the exception to the client's right to
confidentiality; when health-care providers are legally obligated to
warn another person who is the target of the threats or plan by the
client, even if the threats were discussed during therapy sessions
otherwise protected by confidentiality
◉ Tort. Answer: a civil wrong for which mone damages may be
collected by the injured party
◉ Defamation of Character. Answer: wrongfully hurting a person's
good reputation
-slander (spoken)
-libel (written0
◉ False Imprisonment. Answer: restraining an individual or
restricting an individual's freedom
◉ Assault vs. Battery. Answer: Assault: victim made reasonably
afraid that he is about to be battered
Battery: harmful or offensive bodily contact
When an attacker pulls fist back as if to punch (assault), follows
through with the punch (battery)
, ◉ Chapter 51. Answer: admission is without the patient's consent
and is related to presenting as a danger to self or others or they are
unable to meet their basic needs
-usually only for 72 hrs (business hours)
◉ Chapter 51 Patient Rights. Answer: pt. maintain right to:
-be free from restraints
-informed consent on meds and treatment
-refuse meds and treatment
◉ Chapter 51 Example Scenarios. Answer: OD on meds
Homicidal
Suicidal-high lethality
Slashing wrists/self harm
◉ Chapter 55. Answer: chronic, long-term protective placement
-determined by a judge
-must determine that pt is incompetent and unable to care for self
-POA/guardian appointed for decisions within protective placement
◉ Chapter 55 Example Scenarios. Answer: -traumatic brain injury
2026 QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Mental Illness. Answer: medical conditions that affect a person's
thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily
functioning
◉ Mental Disorders. Answer: Health conditions characterized by
alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress
and/or impaired functioning
◉ Beneficence. Answer: The duty to act so as to benefit or promote
the good of others
◉ Autonomy. Answer: respecting the rights of others to make their
own decisions
◉ Justice. Answer: the duty to distrubute resources or care equally,
regardless of personal attributes
◉ Fidelity. Answer: a.k.a. Nonmaleficence
maintaining loyaltiy and comitment to the patient and doing no
wrong to the ptient
,◉ Veracity. Answer: one's duty to communicate truthfully
◉ Conditioinal Release. Answer: requires outpatient treatment for a
specific period to determine the patient's adherence with medicatin
protocols, ability to meet basic needs, and abilit to reintegrate into
the community
◉ Patient's Rights. Answer: -right to treatment
-right to refuse treatment
-right to informed consent
-rights surrouding involuntary commitment and psychiatric
advanced directives
-rights regarding restraint and seclusion
◉ HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
Answer:
◉ Consent. Answer: permission to do something
◉ ANA (American Nurses Association). Answer: Professional
organization for all RNs. Concerned with licensure, collective
bargaining and education
-defines scope of practice
,◉ Duty to Warn. Answer: the exception to the client's right to
confidentiality; when health-care providers are legally obligated to
warn another person who is the target of the threats or plan by the
client, even if the threats were discussed during therapy sessions
otherwise protected by confidentiality
◉ Tort. Answer: a civil wrong for which mone damages may be
collected by the injured party
◉ Defamation of Character. Answer: wrongfully hurting a person's
good reputation
-slander (spoken)
-libel (written0
◉ False Imprisonment. Answer: restraining an individual or
restricting an individual's freedom
◉ Assault vs. Battery. Answer: Assault: victim made reasonably
afraid that he is about to be battered
Battery: harmful or offensive bodily contact
When an attacker pulls fist back as if to punch (assault), follows
through with the punch (battery)
, ◉ Chapter 51. Answer: admission is without the patient's consent
and is related to presenting as a danger to self or others or they are
unable to meet their basic needs
-usually only for 72 hrs (business hours)
◉ Chapter 51 Patient Rights. Answer: pt. maintain right to:
-be free from restraints
-informed consent on meds and treatment
-refuse meds and treatment
◉ Chapter 51 Example Scenarios. Answer: OD on meds
Homicidal
Suicidal-high lethality
Slashing wrists/self harm
◉ Chapter 55. Answer: chronic, long-term protective placement
-determined by a judge
-must determine that pt is incompetent and unable to care for self
-POA/guardian appointed for decisions within protective placement
◉ Chapter 55 Example Scenarios. Answer: -traumatic brain injury
