Exam 35: Family Interventions

When a nurse assesses a family, which family task has the highest priority for healthy family functioning?

A married couple has two children living in the home. Recently, the wife's mother moved in. This family should be assessed as

A wife believes her husband is having an affair. Lately, he has been disinterested in romance and working late. The husband has an important, demanding project at work. The mother asks her teen, "What have you noticed about your father?" The teen later mentions this to the father, who says, "Tell your mother that I can't deal with her insecurities right now." Which family dynamic is evident?

Which information is the nurse most likely to find when assessing the family of a patient with a serious mental illness?

A family expresses helplessness related to dealing with a mentally ill member's odd behaviors, mood swings, and argumentativeness. An effective nursing intervention for this family would be to

A parent was recently hospitalized with severe depression. Family members say, "We're falling apart. Nobody knows what to expect, who should make decisions, or how to keep the family together." Which interventions should the nurse use when working with this family? (Select all that apply.)

Select the best question for the nurse to ask to assess a family's ability to cope.

Which comment by a mother during a family therapy session shows evidence of scapegoating?

A married couple has two biologic children who live with them as well as a child from the wife's first marriage. What type of family is evident?