Chapter 8 Developing Ideas for Family-focused Practice

Chapter 8  Developing Ideas for Family-focused Practice

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Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following areas is not a realm of family life in the Family Health System (FHS) Model?
1.
Developmental
2.
Interactional
3.
Functional
4.
Health

ANS: 3
Rationale:
The five realms of family life in the Family Health System Model are interactional, developmental, coping, integrity, and health.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Describe the characteristics of a family practice model | Integrated Process: Nursing Process | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity | Client Need: Physiological Integrity | Cognitive Level: Knowledge | Question Type: Multiple Choice

2. Which of the following principles of the concept thinking family is inaccurate?
1.
The nurse is the expert about the family health experience.
2.
The nurse identifies needs of multiple persons.
3.
The nurse understands family dynamics.
4.
The nurse appreciates family stories.

ANS: 1

Feedback
1
The family unit is the expert about its experience of health and illness.
2
The nurse identifies the needs of all persons within the family.
3
The nurse understands family dynamics and how members have a bidirectional influence on one another in a family.
4
The nurse appreciates family stories because they can reveal important facts from the person’s or family’s point of view.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Discuss family nursing skills used to provide family nursing care | Integrated Process: Caring | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity | Cognitive Level: Knowledge | Question Type: Multiple Choice

3. Which of the following nurse actions demonstrates a nonjudgmental view of a family that has a member with a chronic illness?
1.
The nurse tells each family member how to interact with the chronically ill family member.
2.
The nurse recognizes each family member will react differently to health problems.
3.
The nurse expects all family members to share responsibility for care giving equally.
4.
The nurse sets goals for the family’s adaptation that he deems appropriate.

ANS: 2

Feedback
1
A nurse with a nonjudgmental view will work in a partnership with this family, not telling them what to do nor having the same expectations of all members.
2
A nurse with a nonjudgmental view recognizes that family members will react differently to health problems.
3
A nurse with a nonjudgmental view will work in a partnership with this family, neither telling them what to do nor having the same expectations of all members.
4
A nurse with a nonjudgmental view will work in a partnership with this family to set goals; setting goals without the family’s input and agreement will not lead to positive outcomes.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Discuss family nursing skills used to provide family nursing care | Integrated Process: Caring | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care | Cognitive Level: Knowledge | Question Type: Multiple Choice

4. Which one of the following aspects of hypothesizing by a family nurse is inaccurate?
1.
Guides the family assessment
2.
Predicts family outcomes
3.
Explores potential strategies
4.
Helps to attribute meaning to behaviors

ANS: 2

Feedback
1
The nurse uses hypothesizing, or hunches, to help determine the meanings of behaviors, which is helpful in guiding the family assessment.
2
Family outcomes cannot be predicted by hunches and the use of propositions.
3
The nurse uses hypothesizing, or hunches, to guide questioning or explore problem-solving strategies.
4
The nurse uses hypothesizing, or hunches, to help determine the meaning of behaviors, which is helpful in assessment and problem solving.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Discuss family nursing skills used to provide family nursing care | Integrated Process: Nursing Process | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity | Cognitive Level: Application | Question Type: Multiple Choice