CAD Ethics, Professionalism, and Resident Rights 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Maintaining professional boundaries with residents means:
- Avoiding all personal interaction with residents
- Keeping relationships therapeutic and professional without crossing into personal dependency or exploitation (Correct answer)
- Never learning personal information about residents
- Only communicating with residents during scheduled activities
Correct answer: Keeping relationships therapeutic and professional without crossing into personal dependency or exploitation
Professional boundaries maintain a therapeutic relationship without exploiting the trust and vulnerability of residents.
Question 2: Cultural competence in activity programming requires the activity director to:
- Apply the same activities to all residents regardless of background
- Understand and respect the cultural backgrounds, beliefs, and values of the residents served (Correct answer)
- Only serve residents from cultures the director is familiar with
- Eliminate all cultural traditions to create a neutral environment
Correct answer: Understand and respect the cultural backgrounds, beliefs, and values of the residents served
Cultural competence involves recognizing and respecting the diverse cultural backgrounds, traditions, and values of residents to provide culturally relevant programming.
Question 3: Which of the following is an example of respecting a resident's spiritual needs through activity programming?
- Requiring all residents to attend religious services
- Offering opportunities for residents to engage in their own spiritual practices and observances (Correct answer)
- Avoiding all discussion of spiritual topics
- Providing only secular programming
Correct answer: Offering opportunities for residents to engage in their own spiritual practices and observances
Spiritual needs are addressed by providing opportunities for residents to practice their own beliefs, not by imposing a particular religious viewpoint.
Question 4: A conflict of interest for an activity director would occur when:
- The director purchases supplies for the department
- The director receives gifts or personal benefits from vendors supplying the activity department (Correct answer)
- The director advocates for the activity program budget
- The director attends professional development training
Correct answer: The director receives gifts or personal benefits from vendors supplying the activity department
Accepting gifts from vendors creates a conflict of interest that could compromise the director's professional objectivity and decision-making.
Question 5: The principle of 'beneficence' in healthcare ethics means:
- Doing no harm under any circumstances
- Acting in the best interest of the resident to promote their well-being (Correct answer)
- Treating all residents identically
- Providing only medically proven interventions
Correct answer: Acting in the best interest of the resident to promote their well-being
Beneficence is the ethical principle of actively promoting the well-being and best interests of the person in one's care.
Question 6: When a resident shares confidential personal information during an activity, the activity director should:
- Share the information with all staff during shift change
- Maintain confidentiality and only share information with the care team on a need-to-know basis (Correct answer)
- Post the information in the activity notes for all to see
- Tell the resident's family without consulting the resident
Correct answer: Maintain confidentiality and only share information with the care team on a need-to-know basis
Confidentiality requires that personal information shared by residents is protected and shared only with appropriate team members who need it for care purposes.
CAD Ethics, Professionalism, and Resident Rights 2
Maintaining professional boundaries with residents means: