1 .		Who may not give written notice of the intention of leaving the hospital after a voluntary admission? [Hint]   A person who is 30.   An emancipated minor.   An 18-21 year old.   A 16 year old.
2 .		If you share confidential information about a client, what is the most severe consequence that can occur? [Hint]   Discipline from the state licensing board.   Loss of your job.   The client's physician will be disciplined by the medical staff.   It will affect your peformance evaluation.
3 .		You are sitting with the physician when he and a client, who is to receive electroconvulsive therapy, are discussing informed consent for the treatment. What would not be critical to informed consent? [Hint]   The benefits of the treatment.   The objective of the treatment.   The cost of the treatment.   Risks of the treatment.
4 .		The Omnibus Mental Illness Recovery Act has recently served as a catalyst to improve comprehensive service-delivery systems for mental illness. Which of the following is not covered by this law? [Hint]   Healthcare coverage for mental illness is equal to medical illnesses.   Focus on psychotherapy rather than medication.   Develop work incentives for persons with severe mental illness.   Reduction in the criminalization of mental illness.
5 .		A client in the hospital threatens to kill his wife. What is the best action for you to take? [Hint]   Discuss the concern with the client in treatment and evaluate this issue before discharging the client.   Tell the wife about the client's comments.   Report the comments to the police.   Take no action.
6 .		Mentally ill jail detainees have a right to mental health services. What legal support would you give to this statement? [Hint]   State constitutions.   The Omnibus Mental Illness Recovery Act.   Court decisions.   The 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
7 .		Nursing is based on four principles that govern our behavior. What is the weakness of these principles? [Hint]   The principles do not consider the issue of not doing any harm.   Socioeconomic and cultural issues are ignored.   There is little consideration given to the client's right to make decisions for oneself.   Justice is not included.
8 .		The suicide rate among jail inmates is how much more common than that of the U.S. population? [Hint]   It is twenty times higher.   It is about equal.   It is eight times higher.   It is ten times less than the U.S. population.
9 .		Which of the following does not best demonstrate nursing based on the ethics of caring? [Hint]   When you develop the client's care plan, you consider appropriate nursing diagnoses based on assessment data and identify realistic outcomes.   You focus on the psychological and physiological factors related to the client's illness.   You discuss with the client the client's view of his/her goals.   You consider the client's quality of life.
10 .		During your orientation to your first job as a psychiatric nurse, you are told that clients have the right to participate in their own treatment. What is the strongest support for this statement? [Hint]   The U.S. Constitution.   Hospital patient rights documents.   Physician orders.   The Patient Self-Determination Act