Chapter 9 Family Presence in Family-Focused Care

Chapter 9  Family Presence in Family-Focused Care

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following is the best reason for a nurse to “think family” when providing care?
1.
Less time will be required for effective care.
2.
Outcomes important to the patient will likely be achieved.
3.
Family satisfaction regarding care will be greater.
4.
Nursing satisfaction with practice is more likely.

ANS: 2

Feedback
1
Time for effective care cannot be predicted.
2
There is value and potential in family’s influence on health.
3
Satisfaction is not predictable in this way.
4
Satisfaction is not predictable in this way.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Management of Care | Integrated Process: Nursing Process | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care | Cognitive Level: Application | Question Type: Multiple Choice | Chapter Objective: 4

2. Nurse presence can assist a nurse to achieve which of the following desired outcomes?
1.
Hospital readmission of dependent patients
2.
An effective nurse-patient-family relationship
3.
Increased participation of family members
4.
Decrease in time spent communicating with families

ANS: 2

Feedback
1
Readmissions and dependency are not desired outcomes.
2
Relationship development is the foundation for effective nursing care.
3
Increased nursing presence may actually decrease family participation.
4
Decreasing time communicating with families is not the a goal of family-focused care.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Management of Care | Integrated Process: Caring | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care | Cognitive Level: Application | Question Type: Multiple Choice | Chapter Objective: 4

3. The nurse is beginning a shift of caring for a 38-year-old adult female who has just been admitted to the ICU of a hospital after being shot and critically wounded. The nurse is told that the patient’s mother is anxiously waiting to see her daughter. Which of the following statements best reflect a nurse’s understands of the mother’s needs?
1.
“Tell her she can spend time with her after I am finished.”
2.
“Tell her that her daughter will need to rest after I have made her comfortable.”
3.
“Tell her that her daughter needs time alone to rest.”
4.
“Tell her to come to the room and I will explain how I am caring for her daughter.”

ANS: 4

Feedback
1
This option does not allow for the mother to ask questions of the nurse.
2
Suggesting that a mother cannot be with her daughter does not address her concerns.
3
The mother’s presence may have decrease the daughter’s anxiety and allowed for better rest.
4
Including the family member while providing care may minimize her anxiety and allow her the opportunity to ask questions.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Support systems | Integrated Process: Caring | Client Need: Psychosocial Integrity | Cognitive Level: Application | Question Type: Multiple Choice | Chapter Objective: 2

4. Which of the following does not encourage nursing presence?
1.
“Thinking family”
2.
Adequate nurse staffing
3.
Time constraints
4.
Human connections

ANS: 3

Feedback
1
“Thinking family” will remind the nurse of the partnership nurses and family members have in care.
2
Adequate staffing will encourage effective nursing presence.
3
Adequate time is required for the nurse to share the entire health experience with the client.
4
Human connections lead to attentiveness, empathy and therapeutic communication.

PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Management of Care | Integrated Process: Caring | Client Need: Safe and Effective Care | Cognitive Level: Comprehension | Question Type: Multiple Choice | Chapter Objective: 2