Family Nursing Practice
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Family Nursing Practice explores the theories, principles, and evidence-based approaches essential to providing comprehensive nursing care to families across the lifespan. This course examines the dynamic interactions within families, cultural and developmental considerations, and health promotion strategies. Students learn assessment techniques, therapeutic communication, care planning, and interventions that address the physical, emotional, and social needs of family members in diverse settings. Emphasis is placed on collaboration, advocacy, and supporting family resiliency in the context of illness, health challenges, and lifecycle transitions.
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Family Health Care Nursing Theory Practice and Research 6th Edition by Kaakinen
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Chapter 1: Family Health Care Nursing: An Introduction
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Q1) The adult daughter of an older client is expected to be at the client's bedside yet personal family responsibilities are not being completed. Which family interactional process is the daughter experiencing?
A) Role strain
B) Role conflict
C) Role ambiguity
D) Role expectations
Answer: B
Q2) During a home visit the nurse teaches the client and family about actions to reduce the spread of infection between the family members. Which role is the nurse implementing?
A) Counselor
B) Care deliverer
C) Health teacher
D) Family advocate
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing of Families
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Q1) The nurse reviews potential theories to use as a guide for providing care to a family in the community. What should the nurse keep in mind as a major function of theory in family nursing?
A) Identifies a specific hypothesis
B) Answers "How?" or "Why?" questions
C) Examines how the concepts create a meaningful pattern
D) Improves nursing services provided to families
Answer: D
Q2) The nurse works in an environment in which a family therapy theory serves as the model for assessing and planning care. Which data should the nurse expect when assessing the family?
A) Pathology
B) Health problem
C) Illness treatment
D) Normal trajectory
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Family Demography: Continuity and Change in
North American Families
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Q1) The nurse prepares to assess a female client who is 25 years old. What should the nurse most likely expect when assessing this client's family structure?
A) Attends college
B) Married with one child
C) Lives with a sexual partner
D) Lives at home with parents
Answer: C
Q2) Which characteristic should the nurse remember when caring for a single mother? Select all that apply.
A) Less likely to be able to pay for care
B) More likely to seek health care services
C) More likely to fill out health care forms correctly
D) Less likely to understand care instructions
E) Less likely to communicate effectively with nurses and doctors
Answer: A,D,E
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Q1) The nurse prepares an educational seminar on family policy for a community health fair. Which areas should the nurse emphasize as affected by family policy? Select all that apply.
A) Health
B) Housing
C) Education
D) Transportation
E) Food and water
Q2) The nurse prepares a presentation on health disparities for the city council. What should the nurse identify as the social determinant contributing to health disparities?
A) Poverty
B) Housing
C) Education
D) Food security
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Chapter 5: Family Nursing Assessment and Intervention
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Q1) The nurse prepares to assess a family, which includes several members with chronic health problems. Which definition of assessment will the nurse use when meeting with this family?
A) The use of an instrument to quantify a particular family attribute
B) The use of a tool to collect family information within 15 minutes
C) The collection of subjective and objective data that begins upon first contact with the family
D) The process of assigning numbers or symbols to variables to assist nurses in measuring family member characteristics
Q2) The nurse prepares to use the Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) to assess a family. Which categories of assessment questions will the nurse use? Select all that apply.
A) Process
B) Function
C) Structure
D) Development
E) Evolution of change
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Chapter 6: Family Health Promotion
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Q1) The nurse uses the Family Health Promotion model as a guide when caring for community family members. Which health-related influences should the nurse keep in mind when following this model? Select all that apply.
A) Family systems patterns
B) Family size and structure
C) Family's definition of health
D) Perceived family health status
E) Family health socialization patterns
Q2) The nurse is planning care for a family facing a health crisis in one of the members. Which action should the nurse take to promote spirituality and increase the resiliency of this family? Select all that apply.
A) Clarify ambiguity
B) Create and hold a sacred space
C) Encourage routine expression of spirituality
D) Help make meaning of the adverse experience
E) Be fully present to demonstrate compassion
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Chapter 7: Nursing Care of LGBTQ Families
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Q1) A school nurse working at a middle school recognizes that several students identify as LGBTQ. Which of the following should the school nurse keep in mind when assessing these students?
A) Later onset of puberty
B) Greater popularity among student peers
C) Earlier sexual activity
D) Greater risk of teen pregnancy
Q2) The nurse is aware of several children adopted into same-sex families that are scheduled to participate in the community preschool program. What can the nurse do to facilitate the acceptance of these children'sfamily structure into the preschool learning environment? Select all that apply.
A) Ensure teaching materials demonstrate diverse family structures
B) Provide toys, books, and games that emphasize traditional gender roles
C) Select materials that show both genders performing a variety of roles
D) Instruct the preschool staff members on ways to reduce the stigma of these children
E) Encourage these children to play with toys that are opposite from their parents' gender
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Chapter 8: Genomics and Family Nursing Across the Life
Span
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Q1) The nurse is preparing a unit-based in-service on genetic diseases. Which key ethical concept should the nurse emphasize during this in-service?
A) Grieving
B) Caring
C) Caregiving
D) Confidentiality
Q2) A family in the community has an inherited genetic disorder. What should the nurse realize about this family and their associated family members?
A) All family members should learn about the genetic disorder.
B) All family members should receive testing for the condition.
C) The diagnosed family member(s) may not want to discuss the genetic information with the rest of the family.
D) Family members will have the same response when learning about the genetic aspects of the condition.
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Chapter 9: Families Living With Chronic Illness
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Q1) When planning interventions for a family with rheumatoid arthritis, it is essential that the nurse include which family member in the discussions regarding treatment options?
A) The child with the illness
B) The father as the breadwinner
C) The mother as the primary caregiver
D) All family members who are available
Q2) The nurse notes that a family with a child newly diagnosed with a chronic illness has no experience with the disease. Therefore, required routines and family life are disorganized. Which need is this family experiencing?
A) Reeducation
B) Redefinition
C) Remediation
D) Realignment
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Chapter 10: Families in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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Q1) The nurse suspects that a client receiving palliative care is nearing end-of-life. What did the nurse assess to make this clinical determination? Select all that apply.
A) Sleeping more often
B) Refusing to eat
C) Inability to swallow
D) Asking to talk with a pastor
E) Talking with a deceased spouse
Q2) The nurse helps the family decide whether a 13-year-old sibling should be present during the death of a younger brother. Which aspect should the nurse keep in mind when the family is making this decision?
A) Hospital visiting hours' policy
B) Reason for the child to be dying
C) Developmental age of the sibling
D) Quality of the relationship between the children
E) Cultural practices within the family regarding death and dying
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Chapter 11: Trauma and Family Nursing
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Q1) The nurse plans care for a client recovering from a gunshot wound received during a robbery of a convenience store. Which intervention will the nurse select to promote trauma-informed care for this client? Select all that apply.
A) Coach in calming skills
B) Build positive social support
C) Suggest returning to the scene of the event
D) Remind the client that the injuries were not life-threatening
E) Encourage connectiveness between family members
Q2) The nurse is reassigned to assist with triaging victims of a train derailment in the emergency department. The next day the nurse returns to providing care in the intensive care unit and is assigned the victims. If this pattern continues, which health problem is the nurse prone to developing?
A) Apathy
B) Depression
C) Poor self-esteem
D) Secondary traumatization
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Chapter 12: Family Nursing With Childbearing Families
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Q1) The nurse plans to discuss an expectant client's decision regarding infant feeding. What is important for the nurse to do when considering feeding management for this family?
A) Inform the client that she should breastfeed
B) Assist the parents to form a nurturing relationship surrounding the feeding of the infant
C) Encourage bottle-feeding because this will guarantee proper nutrition for the infant
D) Encourage the father, or partner, to leave the feeding decision up to the mother
Q2) Although the nurse desires to use Duvall's Family Developmental Theory to guide the care of a family, the nurse decides against it. Which is the major reason for the nurse to make this decision?
A) The theory does not use the life-span approach.
B) The theory is based on individuals rather than families.
C) The theory does not include family life before having children.
D) The theory is based on traditional nuclear families and does not address diverse family structures.
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Chapter 13: Family Child Health Nursing
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Q1) 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.
A) To help children learn to read
B) To provide food, shelter, and clothing
C) To socialize children into schools and the community
D) To encourage children to leave the home after college
E) To assist children in developing spiritual beliefs to guide daily tasks
Q2) During a home visit the nurse learns that a family is experiencing a situational transition. Which event most likely occurred in this family?
A) Parents filed for divorce
B) Child diagnosed with cystic fibrosis
C) Oldest daughter accepted into college
D) Grandparent retired from a full-time job
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Chapter 14: Family Nursing in Acute Care Adult Settings
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Q1) For which reason might a nurse experience role ambiguity when caring for a critically ill client and the family?
A) Deciding whether to eliminate the family's worries or provide emotional support
B) Weighing the biomedical technical model of care against the holistic nursing model of care
C) Asking to withhold information from the health care provider until test results are confirmed
D) Balancing the professional relationship and the more personal relationship the family seeks with the nurse
Q2) A client is recently admitted to a medical-surgical care area. Which action should the nurse take to help reduce the family's stress? Select all that apply.
A) Clarify information
B) Facilitate family conference
C) Provide time for the family to visit
D) Recognize the uniqueness of the family
E) Identify one person to provide information
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Chapter 15: Family Health in Mid- and Later Life
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Q1) The nurse learns that a grandparent will be the guardian of a grandchild. Which relationship is the strongest predictor of the grandparent-grandchild relationship?
A) Father and child
B) Mother and father
C) Father and grandparent
D) Mother and grandparent
Q2) The nurse suspects that a family is experiencing ambivalence. To what does this term refer in the family?
A) The ability to avoid stress over time
B) Conflicting emotions regarding relationships with older adults
C) The level of harmony with extended family members over time
D) Maintaining a stable level of balance in the midst of changes
Q3) The nurse completes an instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) with an older client. Which activity will this assessment include?
A) Bathing
B) Hygiene
C) Shopping
D) Toileting
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Chapter 16: Family Mental Health Nursing
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Q1) A client taking olanzapine for schizophrenia is diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. In order to reduce the hazards of this health problem, what should the nurse instruct the family? Select all that apply.
A) Encourage exercise
B) Provide healthy foods
C) Monitor blood pressure
D) Wean off the olanzapine
E) Take anticholesterol medication as prescribed
Q2) A client is diagnosed with depression. For which comorbid condition should the nurse assess this client?
A) Social phobia
B) Panic disorder
C) Bulimia nervosa
D) Post-traumatic stress disorder
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Chapter 17: Families and Community and Public Health Nursing
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Q1) Which action should the nurse take to reduce health inequities within a community? Select all that apply.
A) Develop families' skills
B) Improve access to resources
C) Increase the use of home care services
D) Reduce the cost for health care services
E) Increase participation in family care processes
Q2) The nurse prepares health promotion activities for a family. Which statement best describes the nurse's purpose for planning activities for this family?
A) To teach the family to resolve conflicts
B) To improve or maintain the well-being of family members
C) To help the family identify strengths and trust personal decisions
D) To protect family members from diseases and the outcomes of these illnesses
Q3) The nurse provides care to people within an urban community. What needs to be established in order for interventions to be successful?
A) The nurse-client relationship
B) Payment for services provided
C) Times when the nurse is available
D) Frequency of visits to the families
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