Deck 2: Innovating Traditional Thinking About Nursing Practice

Question 1

Families who had children with type 1 diabetes and had ____________________ family cohesion and ____________________ family conflict responded positively to a family-centered care approach, according to Hanson (1995).

Answer 1

high, low

Question 2

The Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care proposes which of the following desired changes in the way health care is provided to individuals and their families? Select all that apply. Each health encounter should:

A) Include all family members.
B) Enhance individual and family strengths.
C) Build the confidence and competence of family members.
D) Discourage care giving by family members.

Answer 2

Enhance individual and family strengths.
Build the confidence and competence of family members.

Question 3

List the pros and cons of the application of General Systems Theory to family nursing.

Answer 3

Pros: Encourages consideration of the whole; connectedness and feedback; the whole and its parts are important. Cons: Ignores historical, cultural, and political factors; may overlook multiple forces and processes.

Question 4

Define family health and list processes that influence it.

Question 5

Which of the following assumptions about family will assist the nurse to plan and deliver meaningful care? Select any that apply.

A) The nurse has limited information about family function.
B) Individual family members seldom have only one problem at a time.
C) Disease management may be influenced by family responsibilities.
D) Family members are not able to prioritize activities related to health care.

Question 6

Differentiate healthy families from unhealthy families, including three characteristics of each type.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is most accurate concerning thinking family? A nurse who is thinking family:

A) Recognizes only the family members who are present with the ill family member.
B) Realizes that all persons receiving nursing care are interdependent with family members.
C) Only considers the point of view of the ill family member.
D) Believes that including the family will improve patient care.

Question 8

____________________ is established as individual members find their places within the family household and then separate themselves from it.

Question 9

Explain what is meant by this statement: Changes in the household experience can negatively or positively influence the health of family members.

Question 10

Select all that apply. According to the WHO, a family health nurse:

A) Possesses the usual knowledge expected of a competent nurse.
B) Is a generalist with specialty knowledge of culture and family.
C) Attempts to create a healthy family by addressing health problems.
D) Only works with families in the community setting.

Question 11

Which of the following statements describe the new patient/health-care consumer role?
a.Provide only the information asked for by the provider
b.Obtain information from a variety of sources
c.Engage in self-management of care
d.Assume providers will understand their needs

A) b only
B) b and c
C) a, b and c
D) All of the above.

Question 12

Which of the following is the best reason for a nurse to consider the family as a unit of care?

A) The family is recognized as a unified whole.
B) All family members are treated equally.
C) Family members will receive care from other family members.
D) The ill individual is given the best care possible.

Question 13

Select all that apply. A family is a group of people

A) Living together.
B) Related by blood.
C) Connected emotionally.
D) Committed to each other.
E) Who call themselves family.

Question 14

Family health as a whole implies a ____________________ that optimizes the actions and abilities of each member, which influence the good of all, yet regards the ____________________ of each individual.

Question 15

Which of the following is not a domain of the Family Health Model?

A) Structure
B) Interaction
C) Function
D) Context