Ch46 Applying Entrepreneurial Skills In Mental Test Bank

Chapter 46: Applying Entrepreneurial Skills in Mental Health Practice

Multiple Choice

1. Occupational therapy practitioners believe that occupations contribute to health and wellness. This belief, along with Vision 2025, highlights the responsibility for practitioners to advocate for social and occupational justice. Engaging in entrepreneurial initiatives in mental health allows practitioners to act on this belief and bring Vision 2025 to life. Which of the following is the greatest benefit of engaging in these entrepreneurial initiatives?

a. It allows practitioners to establish new businesses.

b. It allows practitioners to meet the ethical and moral obligations outlined in the occupational therapy code of ethics.

c. It allows practitioners to increase reimbursement for services.

d. It allows practitioners to expand their services into the community.

Topic: Why Be an Entrepreneur in Mental Health Services?

LO: 46.3

2. You have established an integrated occupational therapy program at a local retirement community. Your services include providing prevention and health promotion in-services for the residents, staff training on environmental modification to support daily functioning for individuals demonstrating signs of cognitive decline, and direct service for clients with mental health or physical health conditions. This scenario best exemplifies which type of occupational therapy entrepreneurship?

a. Private practice

b. Traditional practice area

c. Community-based practice

d. Emerging practice area

Topic: Contemporary Entrepreneurship in Occupational Therapy

LO: 46.4

3. You have been an occupational therapy practitioner in an urban school system. Over the past few years you have noticed increased mental health difficulties in students whose families immigrated to the United States from other countries. You decide to approach one of the local immigration agencies to propose inclusion of occupational therapy services in these agencies to address these children’s mental health issues. This scenario best exemplifies which type of occupational therapy entrepreneurship?

a. Private practice

b. Traditional practice area

c. Community-based practice

d. Emerging practice area

Topic: Contemporary Entrepreneurship in Occupational Therapy

LO: 46.4

4. There are many skills and characteristics required for occupational therapy practitioners to engage in entrepreneurial roles. Evidence indicates the most common characteristic found in successful entrepreneurs is which of the following?

a. Effective communication skills

b. Passion

c. Effective financial management skills

d. Self-discipline

Topic: Characteristics and Skills of Entrepreneurs

LO: 46.5

5. Beginning an entrepreneurial initiative is stressful and often requires you to deal with unexpected situations, rethink strategies when things don’t go as planned, and cope with feelings of disappointment and frustration. Which entrepreneurial characteristic does this best represent?

a. Motivation

b. Self-regulation and self-knowledge

c. Making effective decisions and avoiding cognitive traps

d. Dealing with adversity and failure

Topic: Characteristics and Skills of Entrepreneurs

LO: 46.5

6. You have decided to explore the potential of proposing the implementation of occupational therapy services at a juvenile detention center. One step in this process is completing a needs assessment. Which of the following best describes the purpose of this needs assessment?

a. Allows you to assess your current skill set and what skills you will need to develop

b. Allows you to gain information to complete a strategic plan

c. Allows you to develop a network of resources

d. Allows you to gain a better understanding of the environment, programs offered within the environment, and potential opportunities for your initiative

Topic: Process for Becoming an Entrepreneur in Mental Health Practice

LO: 46.6

7. When you are writing up the program proposal for the inclusion of occupational therapy services in the juvenile detention center, what is the most important component that should be included in this step of the entrepreneurial process?

a. Why you are passionate about this initiative

b. How occupational therapy fits with the center’s mission and priorities

c. How you will establish a network of resources

d. Your self-assessment of your skills and abilities

Topic: Process for Becoming an Entrepreneur in Mental Health Practice

LO: 46.6

8. What is the most common characteristic that entrepreneurs exhibit?

a. Business knowledge

b. Passion

c. Financial knowledge

d. Confidence

Topic: Characteristics and Skills of Entrepreneurs

9. During the 1990s, occupational therapy entrepreneurs were mostly viewed as

practitioners in _________.

a. Private practice

b. Community practice

c. Community-based practice

d. Nontraditional practice

Topic: Contemporary Entrepreneurship in Occupational Therapy

10. Occupational therapy practitioners can become excellent entrepreneurs because _____________.

a. Excellent clinicians are naturally excellent entrepreneurs.

b. The process for organizational or community profiles is similar to developing occupational profiles.

c. They deal with real-life situations so they know a lot about communities’ needs.

d. They are so creative and innovative.

Topic: History of Entrepreneurship in Occupational Therapy

11. One of the most important actions for an occupational therapy practitioner to do during the initial meeting with a stakeholder of an organization that currently doesn’t have occupational therapy services is to _________________.

a. Be clear from the beginning about what occupational therapy can offer

b. Engage in active listening

c. Share what he or she knows about the organization and community

d. Provide an overview of occupational therapy services within other settings

Topic: Characteristics and Skills of Entrepreneurs

12. Which of the following beliefs about helping people with mental illness did Eleanor Clarke Slagle have that is still relevant today?

a. We need to fight poverty before helping the mentally ill.

b. The solution is to put the mentally ill to work.

c. People with mental illness need to be performing curative occupations.

d. Only governmental agencies can make a difference with how the mentally ill are treated.

Topic: History of Entrepreneurship in Occupational Therapy

13. When writing a proposal for the addition of occupational therapy services to an organization that currently doesn’t have occupational therapy services, it is very important to include __________________.

a. A proposed occupational therapy niche that relates to the organization’s mission, vision, and values

b. A completed grant application

c. Information about occupational justice

d. Examples of occupational therapy services in other programs

Topic: Process for Becoming an Entrepreneur in Mental

Health Practice