Chapter 1: Establishing the Therapeutic Alliance
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1.
... [Show More] Which of the following statements is true about interactions with patients?
A. Our attitudes are expressed at a conscious level as well as an unconscious level.
B. Our past experiences have little to do with our present therapeutic relationships.
C. Our past experiences shape our attitudes toward our patients, but not our beliefs.
D. Unchallenged assumptions about our patients generally are favorable.
____ 2. Based on common biases in the U.S. health-care community, which of the following patients is likely to be
greatest risk for experiencing negative bias?
A. A 10-year-old boy with chickenpox
B. A 28-year-old obese Mexican woman with chest pain
C. A 43-year-old female athlete with a fractured leg
D. A 72-year-old Caucasian man with osteoarthritis of the knee
____ 3. Which of the following has been described as “the last acceptable form of prejudice”?
A. HIV/AIDS bias
B. Mental illness bias
C. Obesity bias
D. Substance abuse bias
____ 4. Health-care biases must be recognized to be changed. Which of the following actions would be most helpfu
in changing our beliefs?
A. Be aware of behaviors in others that might reflect bias.
B. Look for reinforcement of our beliefs within our peer group.
C. Reflect annually on our attitudes and beliefs about others.
D. Seek out commonalities with those we perceive as different.
____ 5. When you communicate with your patients, you convey information with your words as well as your body.
Which of the following statements about “body language” is true?
A. It is more difficult to interpret than spoken words.
B. It is used as a primary means of communicating information.
C. It is used to communicate interpersonal attitudes.
D. It makes up about 25% of our communication with patients.
____ 6. When communicating with your patients in an adult rehabilitation unit, it is important to do which of the
following?
A. Ask each patient with whom you are working whether they understand what you have told
them.
B. Read the chart before seeing the patient so that you can refer to him or her by first name.
C. Refer to the patient by last name (preceded by “Mr.,” “Mrs.,” “Ms.,” or “Miss”) rather
than just by diagnosis or room number.
D. Use appropriate medical terms with your patients as you explain therapeutic interventions.
____ 7. You just took a job working in a nursing home that employs a few very experienced therapists. You are
surprised by some of the problems encountered by the therapy staff, such as poor productivity and frequent
absenteeism. Which of the following factors most likely accounts for these problems?
A. The patients are very high-maintenance and difficult to work with.
B. The productivity requirements are very high, and no one can meet them. [Show Less]