test 2 Flashcards
One challenge in working with families for healthy outcomes when the following capacity-building practice model occurs when the nurse steps aside in:
a. defining the problem.
b. designing family interventions.
c. evaluating the plan.
d. pre-encountering data collection.
B. designing family interventions
When the community health nurse displays pertinent family information in a family tree format, the family can see the family structure, its members and their relationships over at least three generations and provides a visual source for planning family interventions. This approach also assists the nurse in making clinical judgments relevant to family structure and history. This type of family assessment instrument is referred to as:
a. ecomap.
b. genogram.
c. family developmental task.
d. family diagnosis.
B. genogram
One of the most significant household changes in the second half of the twentieth century in North America was the increase in men and women living together without marrying. Effects of this trend on the children of cohabitating couples include:
a. increased chance of exposure to second-hand smoke.
b. decreased chance of parental separation.
c. more behavioral and cognitive problems.
d. more stable living conditions.
A. increased chance of exposure to second-hand smoke
C. more behavioral problems and cognitive problems
A community health nurse is working with a single parent with a special needs child and a child with asthma. The maternal grandmother lives with the family and was recently diagnosed with diabetes. The nurse understands the importance of including the grandmother in her assessment and interventions because families are:
a. resistant to outside intervention or involvement.
b. involved in the health care of their members.
c. unable to manage the stress of complex health needs.
d. restricted in their ability to identify interventions.
b. involved in the health care of their members.
The nurse working with the family of a child recently diagnosed with juvenile diabetes asks the parents about any changes in their relationship since the child’s diagnosis. This family nursing approach can best be described as treating the family as a:
a. client.
b. component of society.
c. context.
d. system.
d. system.
One major challenge in the development of social policies that affect families is related to:
a. absence of any federal family policies.
b. indirect negative effects on families.
c. attempts at welfare reform.
d. ongoing debate as to what constitutes a family.
d. ongoing debate as to what constitutes a family.
Two of the most significant barriers to practicing family nursing are the narrow definition of family used by health care professionals and social policy makers and:
a. lack of consensus on what constitutes a healthy family.
b. medical and nursing diagnosis systems.
c. nursing’s historical ties with the medical model.
d. lack of exposure of practicing nurses to family concepts.
a. lack of consensus on what constitutes a healthy family.
A nurse is evaluating the outcome of a family with children’s action plan to address the incorporation of caregiving needs of the paternal grandfather. Although evaluation includes many tasks, the critical thinking process includes: (Select all that apply.)
a. conducting a summative evaluation meeting.
b. determining the timeliness of the plan outcome.
c. identifying changes in the family story.
d. identifying nurse-related barriers.
e. making the transition of nurse to family dependence.
b. determining the timeliness of the plan outcome.
c. identifying changes in the family story.
d. identifying nurse-related barriers.
Family health can be defined as a dynamic relative state of well-being that involves the biological, psychological, sociological, cultural, and spiritual aspects of the family system. This approach to family health is consistent with which of the following principles? (Select all that apply.)
a. Assessment of the individual’s health does not reveal the overall family system’s health
b. Family functioning affects the health of individuals
c. Family system assessment specifically addresses the individual’s health
d. The individual’s health affects the family’s functioning
e. Individual family members and the family system as a whole are assessed simultaneously
b. Family functioning affects the health of individuals
d. The individual’s health affects the family’s functioning
e. Individual family members and the family system as a whole are assessed simultaneously
what are the benefits of bedside report?
acknowledge patients as partners; builds trust; encourages pt/family engagement
what is teach back?
pt/family repeats back in their own words what they need to know or do to be sure you explained things well
after d/c when would do a follow-up for complications? (hours)
48-72 hours
A nurse contacts a family to arrange an initial home visit. The nurse explains the source of the referral and the purpose of the visit. The husband expresses his concerns about the need for a home visit but agrees to a date and time for the home visit. The nurse reviews the agency’s family record and the referral. The nurse has completed which phase(s) of the home visit?
a. Initiation phase
b. Initiation and postvisit phase
c. Initiation and previsit phase
d. Previsit phase
c. Initiation and previsit phase
The nurse continues the assessment of a family’s ability to provide home care for their 6 year old, who is a quadriplegic as a result of an automobile accident, noting that the parents are in good physical health with no genetic or lifestyle risks, live in a safe neighborhood with caring neighbors, are dealing with grief and stress as they adjust to their child’s injury, and are concerned that their insurance benefits may not adequately cover their child’s expenses. The family’s current health risk appraisal identifies the following risks:
a. Biological and life-event risks
b. Economic and life-event risks
c. Life-event and social risks
d. Social risks and biological risks
b. Economic and life-event risks
During a home visit, a nurse teaches a husband who is recovering from a stroke and his wife how to modify their home environment to prevent falls. This education represents:
a. primary prevention.
b. secondary prevention.
c. secondary and tertiary prevention.
d. tertiary prevention.
d. tertiary prevention.
During an assessment of a family of four, the nurse completes a genogram. This assessment tool is effective in identifying:
a. behavioral health risk.
b. biological health risk.
c. nonnormative life events.
d. normative age-related risk.
b. biological health risk.
When conducting an environmental risk assessment, the nurse explores the economic risk and social risk of the family. To capture social risk assessment data, the nurse can best use which of the following?
a. Community assessment and ecomap
b. Genogram and ecomap
c. Genogram and history
d. Double ABC-X model
a. Community assessment and ecomap
Government programs that support family health through the promotion of healthy lifestyles affect the health of individuals, family health, and overall community health. The best example of a government-sponsored program that can promote health and prevent illness for middle-income, subsistence-level families is:
a. Medicaid.
b. Medicare.
c. nongovernmental organization.
d. Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
d. Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
How can CHNs use knowledge of developmental tasks to provide primary prevention?
anticipatory guidance
What does the conceptual framework of family systems refer to?
Encourages nurses to view “all” as participating members of a family
What does the conceptual framework of family structural/functional refer to?
Families examined in terms of their relationship with other major social structures/institutions…think comparing
What does the conceptual framework of family interaction refer to?
Views families as units of interacting personalities and examines the symbolic communications by which family members relate to each other
What does the conceptual framework of family developmental refer to?
Looks at the family system over time through different phases that can be predicted with known family transitions based on norms
What factors should be considered when holistically assessing family health risk?
- Biologic
- Social
- Economic
- Lifestyle
- Situational life events*
What is a genogram?
Displays family information graphically in a way that provides a quick view of complex family patterns
What is an ecomap?
Diagram of the connections between a family and other systems in its ecological environment
What is a sociogram?
Graphic representation of social links that a person has
What is family policy?
Government actions that have a direct or indirect effect on families (Ex. recognition of same sex marriage)
What are the advantages of contracting within a family?
Willingness for mutual responsibility (buy in)
What does FAMILY contracting consist of?
- Mutual sets of activities
- Family has an active role*
What is the focus of community-oriented practice?
The population
What does community-oriented nursing involve?
- Requires a greater cognizance of the connections of various factors with health
- Involves ensuring ease of access to competent nursing services
- Involves community diagnosis*
What is an endemic?
High presence of a disease within a geographic area or population
What is an epidemic?
Greater occurrence of a disease in a community than expected
What is a pandemic?
Worldwide epidemic affecting large populations