Psychiatric - Chapter 9 Final Review
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2025-2026 Edition.
A psychiatric client informs the nurse that he is feeling better and does not want to take his
antidepressive medication. This client is exhibiting which of the following when making this
decision?
a) Veracity
b) Beneficence
c) Justice
d) Autonomy - Answer d) Autonomy
Which of the following rights could the psychiatric client lose when admitted to a locked,
inpatient psychiatric treatment facility?
a) Right to schedule his or her own time
b) Right to safety from harm
c) Right to communicate with an attorney
d) Right to send and receive mail without censorship - Answer a) Right to schedule his or her
own time
While conducting an interview with a 14-year-old mental health client, he tells you that he has a
plan to kill students at his school because they will not stop picking on him. He says, "I have
everything I need all set up, including a gun." What would be your responsibility after hearing
this statement?
a) To break his confidentiality by telling your friends about your client's plan and getting advice
b) To maintain the client's confidentiality and not share the information with anyone
c) To break the client's confidentiality because he has threatened the lives of other people
d) To maintain the client's confidentiality, but try to convince him that it is the wrong thing to do
- Answer c) To break the client's confidentiality because he has threatened the lives of other
people
,b) Placement of the client in the least restrictive environment
c) Mandated outpatient treatment (MOT)
d) An appointment of a legal guardian - Answer a) A duty to warn
A client 22 years of age with schizophrenia is refusing his antipsychotic medication. He states, "I
don't like the dopey way it makes me feel. I feel like I'm walking underwater when I take it." The
nurse explains to him, "Your schizophrenia is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain, and
this medication helps fix that chemical imbalance. You need to take it so your symptoms will get
better." This conversation reflects a conflict between which two types of ethical principles?
a) Paternalism and veracity
b) Autonomy and justice
c) Justice and nonmaleficence
d) Autonomy and beneficence - Answer d) Autonomy and beneficence
When it is discovered that a nurse did not act reasonably when providing care that is
compatible with the standard of nursing care, the remaining factor that would confirm that the
nurse acted negligently is whether ...
a) The client's actions played a part in the nurse's reaction
b) The client's injury was serious
c) The nurse was responsible for client injury
d) The injury results in permanent disability - Answer c) The nurse was responsible for client
injury
A psychiatric nursing class is discussing current trends in mental health care. A student voices
the opinion that there should be equitable access to mental health care and resources for those
who live in rural areas, for those without health insurance, and for those with very little income.
The student nurse's opinion most closely reflects which ethical principle?
a) Nonmaleficence
b) Veracity
c) Justice
d) Paternalism - Answer c) Justice
, a) Logical
b) Congruent
c) Competent
d) Autonomous - Answer c) Competent
Dr. Smith, a psychotherapist, hears her client state, "I have had it with this marriage. I'm telling
you, and not that I ever would do it, but I feel like hiring a hit man to kill the woman!" Dr.
Smith ...
a) must warn the client's wife, based on the Tarasoff rule.
b) must keep this confidential because the client made a disclaimer that he would never do it.
c) may be anxious, but since the client did not say he would kill his wife, must hold the client's
statements in confidence.
d) is bound to hold all psychotherapeutic content under strict confidence. - Answer a) must
warn the client's wife, based on the Tarasoff rule.
What is provided in the Code of Ethics for Nurses of the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
a) A guideline for nurses regarding ethical conduct
b) Definitions of ethical principles and how they relate to nursing practice
c) A description of case studies featuring ethical dilemmas
d) Information about what to do when confronted with an ethical dilemma - Answer a) A
guideline for nurses regarding ethical conduct
The depressed client is deciding which type of treatment would be beneficial for him. The nurse
would document that the client is utilizing which of the following ethical principles in this
situation?
a) Veracity
b) Autonomy
c) Justice
d) Beneficence - Answer b) Autonomy
Exam with Guaranteed Pass Solutions
2025-2026 Edition.
A psychiatric client informs the nurse that he is feeling better and does not want to take his
antidepressive medication. This client is exhibiting which of the following when making this
decision?
a) Veracity
b) Beneficence
c) Justice
d) Autonomy - Answer d) Autonomy
Which of the following rights could the psychiatric client lose when admitted to a locked,
inpatient psychiatric treatment facility?
a) Right to schedule his or her own time
b) Right to safety from harm
c) Right to communicate with an attorney
d) Right to send and receive mail without censorship - Answer a) Right to schedule his or her
own time
While conducting an interview with a 14-year-old mental health client, he tells you that he has a
plan to kill students at his school because they will not stop picking on him. He says, "I have
everything I need all set up, including a gun." What would be your responsibility after hearing
this statement?
a) To break his confidentiality by telling your friends about your client's plan and getting advice
b) To maintain the client's confidentiality and not share the information with anyone
c) To break the client's confidentiality because he has threatened the lives of other people
d) To maintain the client's confidentiality, but try to convince him that it is the wrong thing to do
- Answer c) To break the client's confidentiality because he has threatened the lives of other
people
,b) Placement of the client in the least restrictive environment
c) Mandated outpatient treatment (MOT)
d) An appointment of a legal guardian - Answer a) A duty to warn
A client 22 years of age with schizophrenia is refusing his antipsychotic medication. He states, "I
don't like the dopey way it makes me feel. I feel like I'm walking underwater when I take it." The
nurse explains to him, "Your schizophrenia is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain, and
this medication helps fix that chemical imbalance. You need to take it so your symptoms will get
better." This conversation reflects a conflict between which two types of ethical principles?
a) Paternalism and veracity
b) Autonomy and justice
c) Justice and nonmaleficence
d) Autonomy and beneficence - Answer d) Autonomy and beneficence
When it is discovered that a nurse did not act reasonably when providing care that is
compatible with the standard of nursing care, the remaining factor that would confirm that the
nurse acted negligently is whether ...
a) The client's actions played a part in the nurse's reaction
b) The client's injury was serious
c) The nurse was responsible for client injury
d) The injury results in permanent disability - Answer c) The nurse was responsible for client
injury
A psychiatric nursing class is discussing current trends in mental health care. A student voices
the opinion that there should be equitable access to mental health care and resources for those
who live in rural areas, for those without health insurance, and for those with very little income.
The student nurse's opinion most closely reflects which ethical principle?
a) Nonmaleficence
b) Veracity
c) Justice
d) Paternalism - Answer c) Justice
, a) Logical
b) Congruent
c) Competent
d) Autonomous - Answer c) Competent
Dr. Smith, a psychotherapist, hears her client state, "I have had it with this marriage. I'm telling
you, and not that I ever would do it, but I feel like hiring a hit man to kill the woman!" Dr.
Smith ...
a) must warn the client's wife, based on the Tarasoff rule.
b) must keep this confidential because the client made a disclaimer that he would never do it.
c) may be anxious, but since the client did not say he would kill his wife, must hold the client's
statements in confidence.
d) is bound to hold all psychotherapeutic content under strict confidence. - Answer a) must
warn the client's wife, based on the Tarasoff rule.
What is provided in the Code of Ethics for Nurses of the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
a) A guideline for nurses regarding ethical conduct
b) Definitions of ethical principles and how they relate to nursing practice
c) A description of case studies featuring ethical dilemmas
d) Information about what to do when confronted with an ethical dilemma - Answer a) A
guideline for nurses regarding ethical conduct
The depressed client is deciding which type of treatment would be beneficial for him. The nurse
would document that the client is utilizing which of the following ethical principles in this
situation?
a) Veracity
b) Autonomy
c) Justice
d) Beneficence - Answer b) Autonomy
