HIN 269 18 Flashcards
A nurse in community health is working with a single parent of three children, ages 4, 6, and 8. The 6-year-old has cerebral palsy. The 4-year-old has asthma. The maternal grandmother lives with the family and has diabetes. The nurse understands the importance of working within the context of the existing family structure and community resources because families are
responsible for providing/managing the care of their members
The nurse in community health uses information about family structure, household composition, marriage, divorce, birth, death, adoption, and other family life events to forecast and predict stresses and developmental changes experienced by families and identify possible solutions to family challenges. This best describes the study of
family demographics
The current-day definition of family refers to two or more individuals who depend on one another for emotional, physical, and/or financial support. Which of the following is the most important principle to support this broader definition?
Members of a family are self-defined
A family nurse is working with a married couple that has decided to remain child-free. The nurse recognizes this decision as a
contemporary family function
The family systems theory encourages nurses to view both the individual clients as participating members of a whole family. What is the major weakness of the systems framework?
Focuses on the interaction of the family with other systems
In applying the developmental theory, a family nurse determines the developmental stage of the family based on
age of the eldest child
Which of the following social science theories is used by public health nursing to describe how environments and systems outside of the family influence the development of a child over time?
Bioecological systems theory
The family nurse conducts the family nursing assessment with the family as a unit. Using a systematic process, family problems are identified and family strengths are emphasized as building blocks for interventions. Which of the following best completes the statement to demonstrate the importance of assessment to outcomes? Integrating the extended families:
fosters equal family and provider commitment to success.
Family health can be defined as a dynamic, changing, relative state of well-being that includes the biological, psychological, sociological, cultural, and spiritual factors of a family system. This family health approach would best include which of the following underlying principles? (Select all that apply.)
- Family functioning affects the health of individuals
- The individual’s health affects family functioning
- Simultaneous assessment of individual family members and the family system as a whole is important to family health.
What terms are used to describe healthy families? (Select all that apply.)
- Families with strengths
- Functional families
- Resilient families
