Ethics & Professional Responsibilities Flashcards
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A CPRP practitioner is leaving an agency and wants to notify clients about their departure. The ethical obligation is to:
Answer: Provide adequate notice, offer transition planning, and ensure continuity of care
Practitioners must avoid client abandonment by ensuring adequate notice and supporting smooth transitions when leaving a position.
The concept of 'least restrictive environment' in psychiatric rehabilitation is MOST directly an expression of which ethical value?
Answer: Autonomy and self-determination
The least restrictive environment principle maximizes individual freedom and choice, directly reflecting the value of autonomy.
A practitioner's social media post inadvertently reveals identifiable information about a client. The FIRST action should be:
Answer: Remove the post immediately and report the breach per agency and HIPAA protocols
A privacy breach requires immediate corrective action (removing the content) and following mandatory breach notification procedures.
Which of the following BEST describes the practitioner's role in supported decision-making for clients with cognitive challenges?
Answer: Provide information and support to help the client make their own informed decisions
Supported decision-making empowers clients to make their own choices with appropriate assistance rather than substituting others' judgment.
A practitioner suspects a client may be mandated to services by the court but the referring source has not disclosed this. The ethical approach is to:
Answer: Clarify the nature of the referral and any legal obligations directly with the client and appropriate parties
Clarity about service conditions, including any mandated elements, is essential for genuine informed consent and an honest therapeutic relationship.
When documenting client information, the ethical standard requires that records be:
Answer: Accurate, timely, objective, and limited to information necessary for service delivery
Ethical documentation is accurate, relevant, timely, and limited to what is necessary to support the client's care.
Under the USPRA ethical principle of respect for persons, practitioners are required to:
Answer: Honor each person's dignity, individuality, and right to self-determination
Respect for persons means recognizing the inherent worth and individuality of each client, including their right to direct their own lives.