Foundations of Mental Health Care, 4th Edition
Foundations Of Mental Health Care 4th Edition– Test Bank
Sample Test
Foundations of Mental Health Care, 4th Edition
Test Bank
Chapter 3: Ethical and Legal Issues
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A male teenage client tells the nurse that his friends like to drink alcohol
occasionally to get drunk. The client’s friends see nothing wrong with their drinking
habits. The client states that he was taught by his parents and agrees that underage
drinking is not acceptable. Also, he has never seen his parents drunk; therefore, he
refuses to drink with his friends. Which mode of transmission best describes how this
client’s particular value was formed?
a. Moralizing
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b. Modeling
c. Reward-punishment
d. Laissez-faire
ANS: B
Modeling best describes how the teenage client developed this value because his
parents not only discussed this issue but behaved in a way for the teen to copy.
Moralizing sets standards of right and wrong with no choices allowed; the reward-
punishment model rewards valued behavior and punishes undesired behavior; and the
laissez-faire model imposes no restriction or direction on choices.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 20 OBJ: 1
TOP: Acquiring Values KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. A female client becomes combative when the nurse attempts to administer
routine medications. The nurse would like to ignore the client but chooses to talk
with the client to calm her. The nurse is successful in calming the client, and the
client takes her medications. What process best describes how the nurse decided
on the course of action taken?
a. Values clarification
b. Nurse’s rights
c. Beliefs
d. Morals
, Foundations of Mental Health Care, 4th Edition
ANS: A
Values clarification consists of the steps of choosing, prizing, and acting. This most
accurately describes how the nurse made the proper decision. The nurse chose the best
action, reaffirmed the choice, and then enacted the choice. The nurse’s rights were not
violated, and beliefs and morals do not describe the entire decision-making process
that occurred.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 20 OBJ: 1
TOP: Values Clarification KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Intervention MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. Which patient right may clients with mental health disorders lose during treatment?
a. Confidentiality of records
b. Freedom from restraint or seclusion
c. Humane treatment environment
d. Referral to other mental health providers on discharge
ANS: B
A client could lose the right of freedom from restraint or seclusion in emergency
situations, such as being a threat to himself or others. The other rights must be upheld
at all times.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: Page 21 OBJ: 2
TOP: Client Rights KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
Foundations Of Mental Health Care 4th Edition– Test Bank
Sample Test
Foundations of Mental Health Care, 4th Edition
Test Bank
Chapter 3: Ethical and Legal Issues
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A male teenage client tells the nurse that his friends like to drink alcohol
occasionally to get drunk. The client’s friends see nothing wrong with their drinking
habits. The client states that he was taught by his parents and agrees that underage
drinking is not acceptable. Also, he has never seen his parents drunk; therefore, he
refuses to drink with his friends. Which mode of transmission best describes how this
client’s particular value was formed?
a. Moralizing
,Foundations of Mental Health Care, 4th Edition
b. Modeling
c. Reward-punishment
d. Laissez-faire
ANS: B
Modeling best describes how the teenage client developed this value because his
parents not only discussed this issue but behaved in a way for the teen to copy.
Moralizing sets standards of right and wrong with no choices allowed; the reward-
punishment model rewards valued behavior and punishes undesired behavior; and the
laissez-faire model imposes no restriction or direction on choices.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 20 OBJ: 1
TOP: Acquiring Values KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. A female client becomes combative when the nurse attempts to administer
routine medications. The nurse would like to ignore the client but chooses to talk
with the client to calm her. The nurse is successful in calming the client, and the
client takes her medications. What process best describes how the nurse decided
on the course of action taken?
a. Values clarification
b. Nurse’s rights
c. Beliefs
d. Morals
, Foundations of Mental Health Care, 4th Edition
ANS: A
Values clarification consists of the steps of choosing, prizing, and acting. This most
accurately describes how the nurse made the proper decision. The nurse chose the best
action, reaffirmed the choice, and then enacted the choice. The nurse’s rights were not
violated, and beliefs and morals do not describe the entire decision-making process
that occurred.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 20 OBJ: 1
TOP: Values Clarification KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Intervention MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. Which patient right may clients with mental health disorders lose during treatment?
a. Confidentiality of records
b. Freedom from restraint or seclusion
c. Humane treatment environment
d. Referral to other mental health providers on discharge
ANS: B
A client could lose the right of freedom from restraint or seclusion in emergency
situations, such as being a threat to himself or others. The other rights must be upheld
at all times.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: Page 21 OBJ: 2
TOP: Client Rights KEY: Nursing Process Step: Intervention
