Deck 18: Family Nursing

Question 1

Which family life cycle developmental stage is connected to the correct developmental task for North American middle-class families?

A) Stage: aging parents Task: committing to and establishing a new family
B) Stage: childbearing families Task: adjusting to parenthood and new family members
C) Stage: forming partnerships and/or marriage Task: adjusting to needs of young adults leaving and/or re-entering family
D) Stage: launching children Task: meeting age-appropriate developmental needs of children

Answer 1

Stage: childbearing families Task: adjusting to parenthood and new family members

Question 2

A nurse has spent one hour interviewing the Petrovic family. What is the best way to terminate the interview?

A) Review mutually agreed-upon roles and actions
B) Share the assessment of the situation with the family
C) Tell the family that another appointment is needed
D) Commend the family for their participation

Answer 2

Review mutually agreed-upon roles and actions

Question 3

What is one structural dimension of families?

A) Nurture each other
B) Communication
C) Has similar values and rules
D) Socializes children

Answer 3

Communication

Question 4

What is the best strategy to make a family feel comfortable during the initial visit?

A) Introduce oneself and explain the purpose of the meeting
B) Set the interview at a time that works best for the family
C) Engage converstaion to put the family at ease
D) Begin by asking questions that are less personal

Question 5

Which of the following statements aligns with the ways in which family is viewed? Select all that apply.

A) Family as the sum of its individual members
B) Family as context to the client
C) Family as client
D) Family subsystems are the focus of care
E) None of the above

Question 6

What was the fastest growing type of household between 2001 and 2016?

A) Multigenerational household
B) Single household
C) Mom, dad, and kids household
D) Couples only household

Question 7

A nurse is providing culturally safe care to a family from Albania. What Canadian Community Health Nursing standard is the nurse attempting to meet?

A) Building relationships
B) Promoting health
C) Building capacity
D) Facilitating access and equity

Question 8

What is a characteristic of families who are launching children?

A) Members are adusting to changes in the partner relationship
B) The children are referred to as baby boomers
C) Children leave home at an earlier age than previously
D) The children are more likely to marry

Question 9

What is required for a nurse to practise from a family systems nursing perspective?

A) Has a community health nursing certificate
B) Has knowledge of family subsystems
C) Experienced in public health nursing
D) Has extensive knowledge systems theory

Question 10

A nurse is using the Calgary Family Intervention Model. What would be the most effective family intervention?

A) Those that teach the process in which health behaviours are acquired
B) Those that use the strengths of individual members and the family as a unit
C) Those that are determined by the nurse based on a family assessment
D) Those that change the family's beliefs and values

Question 11

What term is defined by "any combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth and/or adoption or placement"?

A) Community
B) Couple
C) Population
D) Family

Question 12

What is the primary role of the case manager in community health nursing? Select all that apply.

A) Monitor the caseload for the nurses in the health unit
B) Facilitate access to all necessary services
C) Evaluate the care received
D) Provide quality, cost-effective outcomes for clients

Question 13

A nurse is using Friedman's Family Assessment Model to collect data about family structure. What is the nurse assessing?

A) Family values and communication patterns
B) Associations with the community and role structure
C) Coping strategies and recreational activities
D) Family history and geographic mobility

Question 14

A nurse is using the McGill Model in working with a family who has two children with epilepsy. What can the nurse expect of the family during the implementation phase?

A) Comfortable in the supportive environment the nurse has created
B) Passive as they recognize the nurse is the expert
C) Active learners in collaboration with the nurse
D) Partners in deciding with the nurse which areas need to explored in depth

Question 15

A health nurse is assessing how a family's structure affects family functions. What theory is the nurse using?

A) Family health theory
B) Family developmental theory
C) Systems theory
D) Structural-functional theory

Question 16

The Schimdt family's 13-year-old son recently became a paraplegic. The family uses a social networking site to keep friends and relatives informed. They openly talk about renovations to the house to allow their son wheelchair access. How would the nurse most accurately describe this family?

A) Family in crisis
B) Family that copes
C) Family in denial
D) Stigmatized family

Question 17

Nicholas and Jacques are a gay couple who were recently married. They consider themselves to be a family. What is the status of their marriage in Canada?

A) Legal under the Civil Marriage Act
B) Recognized as a common-law couple
C) Illegal but would be recognized in the United States
D) Legal as long as they do not have children

Question 18

A nurse during a family assessment asks the question, "What is the greatest challenge facing your family right now?" What data is the nurse attempting to elicit?

A) Clarify the expectations of the family
B) Identify past difficulties and coping mechanisms
C) Identify actual or potential suffering, roles, and beliefs
D) Assess family strengths and resources

Question 19

Mr. and Mrs. Johal live with their three children. Also living in the home are Mr. Johal's mother and brother and Mrs. Johal's youngest brother. What type of family is this?

A) Traditional family
B) Extended family
C) Nuclear family
D) Blended family

Question 20

What is a common error when working with families? Select all that apply.

A) Failing to establish a context for change
B) Taking sides
C) Giving too much advice prematurely
D) Spending too much time with families

Question 21

List 5 questions that can be used as part of a family interview

Question 22

Which of the following statements about Canadian family demographics is true?

A) There has been an increase in married couples with children
B) Couples with children exceed those without children
C) Married couples are a majority
D) Common-law families are the fastest growing

Question 23

Oliver and Mary Smith live in their own home with their biological young children. Considering the family developmental theory, what task is the Smith family working on?

A) Adjusting to changes in the partner relationship
B) Adjustments to parenthood and new family members
C) Commitment to and establishing a new family
D) Maintenance of supportive relationships with children

Question 24

Describe five ways to look at the family in family nursing. Give a community health nursing practice example related to each.

Question 25

A nurse and the LeBlanc family are meeting to start a family assessment process. The LeBlancs' son, 10 years old, has just been diagnosed with severe allergies. Describe the important features of the nurse's comprehensive family assessment.

Question 26

List 5 important characteristics of a family

Question 27

A nurse is facilitating an assessment of a Sudanese family who has come recently to Canada to work in a large meat-packing plant. The family has been referred to the nurse by the occupational health nurse from the plant as the mother is expecting her fourth child. The family is very unfamiliar with the Canadian health care system. Select four areas from the Friedman Family Assessment Model. Develop an appropriate question for the nurse to ask during the assessment from each of the selected areas.

Question 28

Which of the following statements is true about family nursing?

A) Family nursing reserachers must advance family nursing research and foster knowledge utilization of findings
B) The Canadian Nurses Association disseminates a collection of family research studies
C) Family physicians must play a key role in allocating resouces for family nursing development
D) No progress has been made in family nursing over the past three decades

Question 29

Which statement is correct about family assessment models?

A) The Developmental Model of Health and Nursing emphasizes health as a process and the client as an empowering partner
B) Family systems theory focuses on the interaction within and between family members
C) The Calgary Family Assessment Model fully describes the multifaceted nature of family relationships
D) The McGill Model has health as the sole focus of working with a family

Question 30

Mr. & Mrs. Jones live in their own home with their biological young children. Both their son and daughter do well in elementary school and are involved in extra-curricular activities through their school and church. What type of family are the Smiths?

A) Abnormal family
B) Nuclear family
C) Blended family
D) Stigmatized family