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31 193. Two adults with severe intellectual disorder (mental retardation) are touching sexually in their bedroom. You should: A. interrupt them non-judgmentally as they aren’t able to give informed consent. B. allow them to continue because they are consenting adults in a private place. C. interrupt their behavior and provide instructive consequences such as time out. D. arrange for them to receive training in proper sexual expression. 194. If you’re asked to help in the next room while giving a client a bath, you should A. tell the client to be careful and you’ll be right back, and then go help. B. stay with your client and take whatever time you need to finish the bath. C. hurry up and finish the client’s bath so you can go help. D. leave the client briefly to make a phone call about the short staffing. 195. Immobility and pain meds may cause a patient with a full leg cast to have A. constipation. B. arrhythmia. C. dehydration. D. enuresis. 196. To safely transfer a client from a bed to a wheelchair, you should A. place a cushion for the client in back of the wheelchair. B. use a footstool. C. lock the wheels on the wheelchair. D. raise the bed to high position. 197. At a neighborhood meeting where a half-way house for individuals with mental illness is being proposed, a member of the community states, “We don’t want the facility. We don’t want violent people living near us.” The best response by the mental health worker is: A. Most individuals with psychiatric disorder are passive and withdrawn. B. We can give you training in how to defend yourselves so that you will be more comfortable. C. Patients with psychiatric disorders are so well medicated that they do not display violent behaviors. D. If you do not antagonize people with psychiatric illness, you have nothing to fear. 198. The “master gland” of the body is the A. pituitary gland. B. adrenal gland. C. endocrine gland. D. thyroid gland. © 1993-2014 American Association of Psychiatric Technicians, Inc.