Exam 3: Medical-Surgical Patients: Individuals, Families, and Communities

Culture and social class usually set a precedent for different roles and responsibilities of each family member.Which example best demonstrates the healthiest family?

What is the main role of the nurse when assessing families and their coping strategies?

What is the current concern of the health care system?

What is the basis for the health-illness continuum?

Which developmental task should families master in later life?

What should a nurse consider when discussing the communication patterns of families with the patient?

A patient confides that her husband shares only the incidental happenings of his day at work as he reads the paper, and he never tells her that he loves her anymore.She is beginning to wonder if their marriage is getting stale.What communication pattern should the nurse recognize?

For what should functional patterns of communication in the family setting provide a means?

What is the best description of the current view of the family as a unit?

A nurse congratulates a patient for successfully coping with a family crisis.The state of having used coping strategies effectively is classified as ______.

A nurse counsels a family regarding the stage of families with adolescents.Which developmental task is appropriate for the nurse to include?

A patient states that her 5-year-old daughter is always running up to relatives and friends and wants to give them a big hug and kiss.The patient asks if her daughter is appropriate in her actions.What is the most appropriate reply based on the concepts of functional communication?

What should a nurse assess when a patient comes from an extended family?

A nurse reminds a patient that communication in the family unit involves continual exchange of information.Which is the best example of this concept?

What is the basis for the health-illness continuum?

During a family counseling session, a patient, a mother of a 5-year-old son, states, "I don't understand why my husband continually tries to get our son involved in T-ball.My son said the coach and his dad yelled at him and told him the game was lost because he couldn't catch the ball." What is the most important family interaction to maintain a healthy family unit?

The nurse includes the family in patient care to maintain the family's ______.

The process in which children mature and take on the values of their families and their society is called ______.

What should a nurse take into consideration regarding developmental tasks when planning patient care?

For the past three evenings, shortly after their arrival in the hospital unit, the parents of a 14-year-old daughter begin to argue about the cost of the hospitalization and the time required to come to the hospital.The patient begins to cry and complains about her abdominal pain.What role is the patient assuming?