Chap 13

Question 1

1. What does the family health nurse use to determine the most appropriate health promotion
   activities in a family with young children?
2. The children’s health practices
3. The parents’ and grandparents’ health beliefs
4. The patterns of daily routines and family rituals
5. The patterns of disease and illness reorganization task management

Answer 1

3. The patterns of daily routines and family rituals

Question 2

2. Which phrase most accurately characterizes the purpose for family child health nurses to
   practice family-centered health care?
3. Form partnerships between families and nurses
4. Provide consistently high-quality care for all families
5. View the nurse as the constant in family and child health
6. Foster partnerships between members of different families

Answer 2

1. Form partnerships between families and nurses

Question 3

3. The nurse prepares material for a group of new staff members. How should the nurse describe
   family careers?
4. Normative events that occur in all families
5. Parents’ occupation across the life span from marriage to old age
6. Predictable developmental stages that occur in most families in the United States
7. Unique events that occur in families that affect family development and processes

Answer 3

4. Unique events that occur in families that affect family development and processes

Question 4

4. Which principle should family nurses incorporate in their care to help a family with a child
   who has diabetes?
5. Protection is paramount in each interaction.
6. Patterns of illness and disease differ in between families.
7. Patterns of illness are usually predictable in families.
8. Reorganization of family routines is discouraged.

Answer 4

2. Patterns of illness and disease differ in between families.

Question 5

4. Reorganization of family routines is discouraged.
5. During a home visit the nurse learns that a family is experiencing a situational transition.
   Which event most likely occurred in this family?
6. Parents filed for divorce
7. Child diagnosed with cystic fibrosis
8. Oldest daughter accepted into college
9. Grandparent retired from a full-time job

Answer 5

1. Parents filed for divorce

Question 6

6. The nurse learns that the parents of a family are rarely at home and are not involved in the
   children’s activities or interests. Which type of parenting style is represented by this family?
7. Permissive
8. Uninvolved
9. Authoritative
10. Authoritarian
11. The nurse prepares healt

Answer 6

2. Uninvolved

Question 7

7. The nurse prepares health promotion information for a family with a toddler. Which
   intervention will the nurse recommend to the parents?
8. Placing the child on the back to sleep
9. Providing head gear when playing outside
10. Placing medications in a locked cabinet
11. Instructing about the dangers of drinking and driving

Answer 7

3. Placing medications in a locked cabinet

Question 8

A family with a child diagnosed with cystic fibrosis has newly relocated to a community.
Which health trajectory will the nurse use as a guide for this family’s care?

8. 1. Chronicity
9. Uncertainty
10. Degenerative
11. Gradual onset

Answer 8

1. Chronicity

Question 9

9. The nurse is preparing to assess a family with small children. Why should the nurse focus on
   the family transition points during this assessment? Select all that apply.
10. They represent a time when the family has a large amount of time to plan.
11. They represent a time when the family has to spend a great deal of money.
12. They represent a time when families are most likely to reorganize and change.
13. They represent a time when individuals within the family are at greatest risk for illness.
14. They represent time when individuals within the family are most likely to change roles and
    related tasks.

Answer 9

3. They represent a time when families are most likely to reorganize and change.
4. They represent a time when individuals within the family are at greatest risk for illness.
5. They represent time when individuals within the family are most likely to change roles and
   related tasks.

Question 10

10. The nurse prepares an educational seminar about families for a community health fair. What
    should the nurse explain as the overall major function or task of parents? Select all that apply.
11. To help children learn to read
12. To provide food, shelter, and clothing
13. To socialize children into schools and the community
14. To encourage children to leave the home after college
15. To assist children in developing spiritual beliefs to guide daily tasks

Answer 10

1. To help children learn to read
2. To provide food, shelter, and clothing
3. To socialize children into schools and the community
4. To assist children in developing spiritual beliefs to guide daily tasks

Question 11

11. Which action will the nurse take to promote well-being in a family with children? Select all
    that apply.
12. Communicate with the family
13. Reinforce the use of discipline
14. Understand the family’s routines
15. Encourage modeling positive behavior
    5) Support development of parenting skills

Answer 11

1. Communicate with the family
2. Understand the family’s routines
3. Encourage modeling positive behavior
   5) Support development of parenting skills