The nurse can identify movement into Kohlberg's postconventional level when the client, after being asked about work, makes which statement?
1. "Oh, the work isn't so bad anymore. I'm getting close to retirement."
2. "Work is fine, but my family and friends are so much more important to me."
3. "I've done a good job for the company. I'm proud of my years there."
4. "I don't like to talk about work when I'm not there."
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: According to Kohlberg, the extensive experience of personal moral choice and responsibility is required to move into the postconventional level. A statement about work not being so bad shows a complacency about work that is not reflective of the postconventional level.
Rationale 2: According to Kohlberg, the extensive experience of personal moral choice and responsibility is required to move into the postconventional level. Movement from a law-and-order orientation to a social contract orientation requires that the individual move to a stage in which rights of others take precedence—as in the statement that work is OK, but family and friends are more important.
Rationale 3: Stating that the person has pride about work and the time spent doing it would be an example of Erikson's stage of integrity versus despair.
Rationale 4: According to Kohlberg, the extensive experience of personal moral choice and responsibility is required to move into the postconventional level. A statement about not wanting to talk about work shows complacency about work that is not reflective of the postconventional level.
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