Exam 18: Family Development and Family Nursing Assessment

The hospital-based nurse has worked with a client at some length regarding appropriate diet.Based on the family systems theory,which of the following will most likely occur when the client returns home?

A nurse has just met a family and is completing their family assessment.Which of the following actions should the nurse take before engaging in self-disclosure?

A nurse is in the termination phase of the nurse-family relationship.Which of the following strategies would the nurse most likely implement?

A nurse is working with a family who is confronting major challenges to their health.Which of the following approaches would be most helpful for the nurse to use?

Which of the following statements best explains why family functions and structures create unique challenges in family nursing?

In taking a family history,the nurse in community health finds that this is the second marriage for the previously divorced parents and that the male partner is the stepparent to the oldest child.For which of the following aspects of the family assessment is data being gathered?

The following people enter the health clinic together: an unmarried man and his year-old son,an unmarried woman with a year-old daughter,and the man's married brother,who is separated from his wife.During the assessment it is determined that both men work and contribute to the household,where all of them live.Which of the following best describes the "family"?

A nurse is completing a tertiary prevention activity in a predominantly poor community,where eating clay (pica)is a common practice.Which of the following actions would the nurse most likely take?

The nurse in community health needs to conduct a family assessment within a commune but is uncertain how to proceed because family lines appear blurred.The best way to determine the family of a mother and her child is to ask the woman which of the following questions?

A nurse is making an appointment with a family for a nursing visit.Which of the following describes a potential barrier the nurse may encounter?

A nurse asks a family member,"What has changed between you and your spouse since your child's head injury?" Which of the following focuses of the family is the nurse assessing?

A nurse requests to meet a newly referred family in their home.Which of the following best explains the rationale for this request?

A nurse focuses on the care of the individual while viewing the client's family as a background resource or possible stressor.Which of the following conceptualizations of family does this nurse's view represent?

Which of the following theories views the family as a whole with boundaries that are affected by the environment?

A nurse is conducting a family assessment.Which of the following behaviors would the nurse recognize as suggestive of a family with problems?

Which of the following factors must be considered before deciding on an appropriate plan of action?

A nurse considers how the environment outside of the family influences the development of a child when planning care for a family.Which of the following theories is being used by the nurse?

The nurse is told that a healthy,functional family consisting of a 25-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman,who are expecting their first child,would appreciate a nurse coming to their apartment for anticipatory guidance in preparing themselves and their apartment for the baby.Based on that statement,which of the following assumptions can the nurse safely make about the family?

A nurse is using the provisions of the Family Medical Leave legislation.Which of the following actions is the nurse most likely to take?

A new mother is a full-time college student who lives with her parents,because the baby's father has been imprisoned related to theft and drug abuse.The infant's grandmother,although also employed,cares for the child while the young mother attends classes.Which of the following theoretical frameworks would be most helpful to the nurse when assessing this family's needs?