Ch44 Occupational Therapy Serving Service Complete Test Bank

Chapter 44: Occupational Therapy: Serving Service Members and Veterans

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is the name of the occupational therapy practitioners whose mission was to rehabilitate injured service members through the use of curative crafts and workshops to help them recapture purposeful lives?

a. Civil War practitioners

b. World War I reconstruction aides

c. World War II rehabilitative aides

d. Battlefield aides

Topic: History of Occupational Therapy in the Military

LO: 44.1

2. Which of the following best explains why it is important for occupational therapy practitioners working with active service members to be familiar with military culture?

a. It assists in development and implementation of effective intervention plans.

b. It assists in identification of what a service member’s uniform artifacts mean.

c. It assists in understanding the cultural differences between each branch of service.

d. It assists in understanding the competitive nature required of service members.

Topic: Military Culture

LO: 44.2

3. Identify why service members typically don’t seek out mental health services.

a. Mental health services are not available in the armed forces.

b. Service members fear they will be involuntarily discharged.

c. Service members fear being perceived as weak and unable to perform their military duties.

d. Service members fear they will be deployed to a hostile environment.

Topic: Service Members and Veterans’ Behavioral Health Issues

LO: 44.3

4. You are an occupational therapy practitioner providing restorative care in a deployed setting. You focus your interventions on maintaining a military routine and improving coping skills to assist service members in managing combat stress with the ultimate goal of returning the service member to the battlefield. What type of setting does this best represent?

a. Combat and Operational Stress Control Unit

b. Military Treatment Facility

c. Warrior Care and Transition Program

d. Veterans Health Administration

Topic: Continuum of Care for Service Members and Veterans

LO: 44.4 & 44.5

5. Identify the intervention that has demonstrated a positive effect on veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder by increasing mood and affect.

a. Sensory processing

b. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

c. Group activities

d. Leisure exploration programs

Topic: Interventions

LO: 44.5 & 44.8

6. Interventions such as money management, self-care, household management, and community participation can be used to address which of the following challenges faced by veterans?

a. Job training

b. Posttraumatic stress disorder

c. Homelessness

d. Funding for mental health services

Topic: Best Practice: Homeless Veterans Programs

LO: 44.6

7. You are working in a Warrior Care and Transition Program and are asked to assess a service member who was recently referred to the program. As you are gathering information for the occupational profile, you notice that he is demonstrating difficulty with communication skills. You want to gather more information on his verbal and nonverbal communication as well as identify strengths and problem areas to better inform your intervention planning. Which assessment would you choose?

a. Functional Status Questionnaire

b. Multiple Errands Test

c. Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System

d. Assessment of Communication/Interaction Skills

Topic: Assessment

LO: 44.7

8. You are working with veterans who are experiencing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. You want to incorporate an intervention approach that will facilitate the development of healthy coping mechanisms and utilizes activities such as yoga, meditation, and guided imagery. Which approach would you choose?

a. Sensory processing

b. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

c. Group activities

d. Leisure exploration programs

Topic: Interventions

LO: 44.5 & 44.8

9. Where is it best to treat a service member who is experiencing a stress reaction on the battlefield?

a. As close as possible to his or her unit

b. Stateside

c. Military treatment facility

d. Veterans Health Administration

Topic: A Brief History of Occupational Therapy in the Military

10. What does the Army call the behavioral health unit deployed to war zones in order to prevent or mitigate stress reactions?

a. Military treatment facilities

b. Combat and operational stress control units

c. Intensive outpatient programs

d. Outpatient clinic

Topic: Continuum of Care for Service Members and Veterans

11. What occupational therapy intervention has been used since World War I that Army providers continue to use as the foundation of occupational therapy interventions to rehabilitate physical and mental wounds?

a. Behavioral activation

b. Purposeful activity

c. Think before you act activity

d. Mindfulness

Topic: Continuum of Care for Service Members and Veterans

12. What is the primary goal of behavioral health treatment in a combat setting?

a. Stabilize and return the service member to home

b. Give the service member as much time as needed to recover

c. Return the service member to duty as soon as possible

d. Establish a safe environment of care

Topic: Service Members and Veterans’ Behavioral Health Issues

13. A practitioner has decided to create a group for recently discharged female veterans at a local community center. These veterans have identified anxiety, sleep disruption, and depression as the main issues impacting their occupational performance. What mindfulness-based strategy might be most helpful in addressing these issues?

a. Sleep training

b. Hatha yoga

c. Exposure therapy

d. Psychoanalysis

Topic: Interventions