Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries - CE Quiz | Take the Quiz

Create an engaging image that represents the ethical principles of professional boundaries in the healthcare and mental health fields, showing professionals interacting with clients in a respectful and supportive manner.

Maintaining Professional Boundaries Quiz

This quiz is designed to enhance your understanding of the ethical principles that guide professional conduct. It covers key concepts such as autonomy, beneficence, justice, and non-maleficence, providing a comprehensive review for professionals in the field.

Key features of the quiz include:

16 multiple-choice questions
Scored answers for self-assessment
Focus on ethical dilemmas and professional boundaries

16 Questions4 MinutesCreated by GuidingStar42

The ethical principle of autonomy means:

Professionals should support the individual’s right to self-determination.

The professional’s goal should be to do good.

The professional should avoid causing harm.

The professional has an obligation to be fair in the distribution of benefits and risks.

Professionals shouldn’t worry about unintended consequences of their actions.

The ethical principle of beneficence means:

Professionals should support the individual’s right to self-determination,

The professional’s goal should be to do good.

The professional should avoid causing harm.

The professional has an obligation to be fair in the distribution of benefits and risks.

Professionals shouldn’t worry about unintended consequences of their actions.

The ethical principle of justice means:

Professionals should support the individual’s right to self-determination,

The professional’s goal should be to do good.

The professional should avoid causing harm.

The professional has an obligation to be fair in the distribution of benefits and risks

Professionals shouldn’t worry about unintended consequences of their actions.

The ethical principle of non-maleficence means:

Professionals should support the individual’s right to self-determination,

The professional’s goal should be to do good.

The professional should avoid causing harm.

The professional has an obligation to be fair in the distribution of benefits and risks.

Professionals shouldn’t worry about unintended consequences of their actions.

Making clients aware of their choices in receiving services from a professional is inherent in which ethical obligation?

Empathy

Choice Point

Social Justice

Informed Consent

Professional codes of ethics offer a set of values, principles and standards related to each but one of the following purposes:

Guide conduct when ethical issues arise.

Guide decision making

Provide a set of rules for professional conduct in all situations

Take into account the context of each ethical dilemma

Ethical codes

Are required by law for each licensed profession

Help a profession gain credibility in society

Are the equivalent to law in every state

Are embodied in federal law

Are always interdisciplinary

Which of the following is the most common ethical violation filed with professional organizations:

The best protection from liability for professional liability/malpractice is

Physical contact with clients, for behavioral health professionals:

Is never appropriate

Is appropriate in practice with children

Is appropriate when adequately discussed and consented to by the client

Is always appropriate, if the professional believes it is

Is fine as long as the client says it doesn’t bother them

Conflicts of interest for a professional

Can only be financial

Can only be emotional

Can relate to financial or emotional interests of the professional and/or client

Can only be determined by law

Are outlined clearly in codes of ethics

Sexual relationships between a mental health professional and a client is:

Always considered criminal behavior

Never considered criminal behavior

Only considered criminal behavior when involving a child client

Sometimes considered criminal behavior; it depends on the age of the client and/or the law of the given state.

Providing professional services to a family member is:

Never allowed

Allowed in certain circumstances

Illegal in some states

Always ok

The responsibility to maintain appropriate professional boundaries is:

Always incumbent on the professional, themselves

Sometimes shared by the client and the professional

Always incumbent on the client, themselves

Up to the licensing board

Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries - CE Quiz

Maintaining Professional Boundaries Quiz

More Quizzes