Chapter 18 Theoretical Basis for Promoting Family Health

Chapter 18  Theoretical Basis for Promoting Family Health

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Sample Questions

1.
When preparing for a class on family and family health, which of the following would the instructor include as the most appropriate description of family?
A)
The members of the family are self-defined.
B)
Persons are related by a common bloodline.
C)
Persons are involved in the same social community groups.
D)
Individuals live in close proximity to one another.
Ans:
A

Feedback:

The members of a family are self-defined. Family structure is unique, and whoever makes up a family in any particular household is considered by them a family. This is regardless of bloodlines or social groups. Just because people live in close proximity does not define them as a family

2.
A community health nurse is preparing to assess a family. Which of the following characteristics would the nurse need to integrate into the assessment as universal? Select all that apply.
A)
The family members are stuck in one stage of development.
B)
Cultural values and rules
C)
Every family has structure.
D)
Every family is a small social system.
E)
No particular structure, as families are dynamic
Ans:
B, C, D

Feedback:

Characteristics universal to all families include that every family is a small social system, moves through stages in its life cycle, has its own cultural values and rules, has structure, and has certain basic functions.

3.
Which of the following statements about family health nursing are true? Select all that apply.
A)
There are multiple ways that community health nurses can approach families.
B)
When providing care to individuals, it is not necessary to include the family in the assessment.
C)
Some nurses view family nursing as its own distinct specialty.
D)
Nurses can provide care to individuals within the family or to the family as the client or to the family as a system.
E)
Some nurses view family nursing as part of other specialties such as community health nursing, maternal child nursing, or mental health nursing.
Ans:
A, C, D, E

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There are multiple ways that community health nurses can approach families. Some nurses view family nursing as its own distinct specialty. Some nurses view family nursing as part of other specialties such as community health nursing, maternal child nursing, or mental health nursing. Nurses can provide care to individuals within the family or to the family as the client or to the family as a system. When providing care to individuals, the nurse needs to include the family in the assessment.

4.
Which one of the following statements about family health nursing is most accurate?
A)
The family does not play a critical role in the health of its members.
B)
The community health nurse is in a unique position to influence and promote family health.
C)
Health habits are not developed in the context of family.
D)
Genetic influences always take place within the family environment.
Ans:
B

Feedback:

The community health nurse is in a unique position to influence and promote family health. The family plays a critical role in the health of its members. Health habits such as preventative care, diet, exercise, and physical activity are developed in the context of family. Health beliefs, genetic influences, and care of the ill family member all take place within the family environment. Sometimes genetic influences do not affect the family environment, for instance when a family is not biologically related, there are no genetic influences.

5.
Community health nurses need to know that families are systems. Which of the following attributes of systems are also attributes of families? Select all that apply.
A)
Families are part of a larger suprasystem that includes many subsystems.
B)
Family members are independent.
C)
A family is greater than the sum of all its parts.
D)
A change within the family system not only affects the individual member but all of the family members.
E)
Families cannot be visualized as a mobile in which all of the pieces are suspended freely by a string.
Ans:
A, C, D

Feedback:

Families are part of a larger suprasystem that includes many subsystems. Family member actions affect other family members. A family is greater than the sum of all its parts. A change within the family system not only affects the individual member but all of the family members. All the members of a family are interdependent, not independent. They exist for a purpose, and in order to fulfill this purpose they must work toward goals. Families can be visualized as a mobile in which all of the pieces are suspended freely by a string.