Bachelors MCQ Flashcards
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A social worker is conducting a home visit with an elderly client and notices signs of self-neglect including spoiled food and unsanitary conditions. What is the MOST appropriate next step?
Answer: Conduct a capacity assessment and consider an adult protective services report
Self-neglect in elderly clients warrants assessing decision-making capacity and reporting to Adult Protective Services if warranted.
A social worker learns that a client who was recently discharged from a hospital has stopped attending outpatient appointments. The BEST action is to:
Answer: Conduct outreach to re-engage the client and assess barriers
Outreach to understand barriers to engagement reflects a client-centered, strengths-based approach and helps prevent deterioration.
Which defense mechanism involves attributing one's own unacceptable feelings to another person?
Answer: Projection
Projection involves unconsciously attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts or emotions to another person.
A social worker in a hospital setting is working with a client who refuses a life-saving blood transfusion based on religious beliefs. The client is alert and competent. What should the social worker do?
Answer: Support the client's right to refuse and document the informed refusal
A competent adult has the legal and ethical right to refuse medical treatment, and the social worker's role is to support that decision.
Which stage of Prochaska and DiClemente's Transtheoretical Model is characterized by a client who acknowledges a problem but is not yet committed to change?
Answer: Contemplation
In the contemplation stage, individuals are aware of a problem and begin considering change but have not committed to action.
A social worker is meeting with a client from a collectivist cultural background. The client insists on involving family members in all decisions. The social worker should:
Answer: Respect the client's cultural values and include family in the process
Culturally competent practice requires respecting collectivist values where family involvement in decision-making is the norm.
Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of an eco-map in social work assessment?
Answer: Identifying the quality and nature of relationships between a client and their social environment
An eco-map visually represents a client's connections and the quality of relationships with systems in their environment.