The nurse can identify movement into Kohlberg's postconventional level when the client, after being asked about work, makes this 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 statements 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 a complacency about work that is not reflective of the postconventional level.
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