Graduate Seminar in Family Nursing
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Course Introduction
The Graduate Seminar in Family Nursing is designed to deepen students understanding of advanced concepts and theories related to family dynamics, health, and well-being across the lifespan. Emphasizing evidence-based practice, the course explores family assessment, interventions, and policy implications for diverse populations. Seminar discussions and case studies foster critical analysis of contemporary issues such as chronic illness management, mental health, cultural competence, and the impact of social determinants on family health. Students will engage in collaborative learning, develop leadership skills, and identify strategies to support families in complex healthcare environments.
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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) 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
Q2) The nurse prepares to assess a client whose family is being used as a resource. Which approach to family nursing care is the nurse implementing?
A) Family as client
B) Family as system
C) Family as context
D) Family as component of society
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing of Families
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Q1) The nurse reviews a theory for applicability to a family health situation. On which part of the theory should the nurse focus in order to understand the expected relationship between the theory's concepts?
A) System
B) Hypothesis
C) Propositions
D) Conceptual model
Answer: B
Q2) The nurse selects the family systems theory as a guide for providing care to a family. Which concept of this theory should the nurse use to maintain the stability of this family? Select all that apply.
A) The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
B) All parts of the system are interconnected.
C) Families develop and change over time.
D) Systems can be organized into subsystems.
E) There is a boundary between the system and the environment.
Answer: A,B,D,E
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Chapter 3: Family Demography: Continuity and Change in
North American Families
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Q1) 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
Q2) When considering nursing care of families today, how will changing demographics affect the nurse's approach to care?
A) Adult children will provide primary care for aging parents.
B) Fathers are not involved with the health care of their children.
C) More fathers are awarded the custody of children after a divorce.
D) More children live in nontraditional families, which negatively affects their well-being
Answer: D
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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 learns that a child being seen in the community clinic has health coverage through the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). What does this coverage indicate to the nurse?
A) The child has a chronic disability.
B) The child receives special education.
C) The child is being raised in a single-parent family.
D) The child has no insurance and is not eligible for Medicaid.
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Chapter 5: Family Nursing Assessment and Intervention
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Q1) The nurse meets with a family to complete a genogram. How many generations should the nurse ask the family members about?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Q2) The nurse prepares to use the Family Assessment and Intervention Model when assessing a family. What is this model based on?
A) Orem's Self-Care Theory
B) Neuman Systems Model of Health Care
C) Rogers' Theory of Unitary Human Beings
D) Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Systems Theory
Q3) The nurse refers to the Family Reasoning Web when caring for a family. What is the purpose of this tool?
A) Diagrams family members across three generations
B) Diagrams relationship within and external to the immediate family
C) Provides comprehensive data about family structure, development, and function
D) Organizes data into family categories
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Chapter 6: Family Health Promotion
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Q1) 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
Q2) A health care system is planning to implement telehealth in all facilities. Which outcome should the nurse expect when this approach to care is fully implemented?
A) Reduced incidences of chronic disease development
B) Improved health care access, quality, and efficiency
C) Decreased time for diagnosing health problems
D) Elimination of the need for face-to-face interactions with care providers
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Chapter 7: Nursing Care of LGBTQ Families
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Q1) The nurse notes that a transgender male has elevated liver enzymes and poor bone density. What should the nurse consider as a reason for these findings?
A) Poor calcium intake
B) High intake of alcohol
C) Masculinizing hormone therapy
D) Chronic use of tobacco and substances
Q2) The nurse manager suggests that the nursing staff include an assessment of mental health for all clients who are of the LGBTQ community. Why is the manager most likely making this suggestion? Select all that apply.
A) The higher risk of substance abuse within this community
B) The greater risk for depression within this community
C) The high level of social stigma and discrimination that this community often experiences
D) A preexisting bias against this community
E) The fact that suicide is a leading cause of death within this community
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Chapter 8: Genomics and Family Nursing Across the Life
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Q1) A female learns of a genetic predisposition to breast cancer. What should the nurse identify as being the first line of defense for this person to be?
A) More frequent mammograms to detect early cell changes
B) Radical mastectomy to prevent the development of cancer
C) Counseling to consider adoption to decrease the spread of breast cancer
D) Grief and end-of-life counseling for family members experiencing breast cancer
Q2) The nurse learns that a disease is present in more than one generation of a family. What does this suggest to the nurse?
A) A genetic disease is present.
B) The family may have either a biologically or environmentally based genetic disease or a combination of both.
C) The family should be assessed for environmental risk factors.
D) The family does not have a genetic disease.
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Chapter 9: Families Living With Chronic Illness
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Q1) The nurse plans to assess routines that the family performs together. Which information should the nurse collect from the family during this assessment? Select all that apply.
A) Vacations
B) Traditions
C) Celebrations
D) Work and play
E) Disease prevention
Q2) The parents of a child with muscular dystrophy have a negative view of the child's future and feel hopeless about future care needs. Which view of the child is the family demonstrating?
A) Thriving
B) Enduring
C) Floundering
D) Accommodating
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Chapter 10: Families in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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Q1) An interprofessional team meeting is scheduled to discuss the care needs for a client with a terminal illness. What should the nurse expect when participating in this meeting? Select all that apply.
A) Control is centralized.
B) Client goals direct care.
C) Focus is on problem solving.
D) Client's family can be in attendance.
E) Decisions are made by the team leader.
Q2) The hospice nurse learns that the spouse of a client with end-stage Alzheimer's disease has been the primary caregiver without assistance for the past 3 years. What are the risks to this spouse? Select all thatapply.
A) Guilt
B) Depression
C) Ambivalence
D) Lack of personal care
E) Feelings of helplessness
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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 attends an educational program that identifies people in the United States as experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because of ongoing security threats. Which public health issues confirm the possibility of this being true? Select all that apply.
A) High obesity rate
B) High infant mortality
C) Increase in number of divorces
D) High use of opioids and other substances
E) Decline in the general health
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Chapter 12: Family Nursing With Childbearing Families
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Q1) When should the nurse consider that a new mother is developing postpartum depression?
A) Feeling blue the day after delivery
B) Crying 3 to 5 days after returning home
C) Sitting in a dark room ignoring the baby after 6 months
D) Not interested in caring for the baby a week after delivery
Q2) The nurse plans care for a postpartum client arriving for a wellness visit. What should the nurse tell the client about postpartum depression?
A) Most mothers recognize the symptoms.
B) Most mothers are reluctant to ask for professional help.
C) Most fathers and mothers become depressed after the birth of a child.
D) Most health care providers confuse postpartum depression with anxiety.
Q3) The nurse is planning care for a family with a new baby. Which reason should the nurse identify as a risk for conflict between the nurse and the client during this time?
A) Acute illness occurring in the new mother
B) Agreement between the father, or partner, and the mother
C) Agreement between grandparents and the nurse
D) Different advice from family members versus the nurse
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Chapter 13: Family Child Health Nursing
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Q1) The nurse prepares material for a group of new staff members. How should the nurse describe family careers?
A) Normative events that occur in all families
B) Parents' occupation across the life span from marriage to old age
C) Predictable developmental stages that occur in most families in the United States
D) Unique events that occur in families that affect family development and processes
Q2) 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?
A) Chronicity
B) Uncertainty
C) Degenerative
D) Gradual onset
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Chapter 14: Family Nursing in Acute Care Adult Settings
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Q1) What research information should the nurse manager use as evidence to increase the amount of family involvement in the care of a hospitalized client?
A) Increases the cost of care
B) Causes poor outcomes
C) Increases family stress
D) Improves outcomes
Q2) A client is newly admitted to the intensive care unit for an acute illness. Which of the following family needs do the client's family require during this time? Select all that apply.
A) Comfort
B) Teaching
C) Proximity
D) Assurance
E) Information
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Chapter 15: Family Health in Mid- and Later Life
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Q1) The nurse plans to use the SPICES tool during an assessment. Which of the following are assessed with this tool? Select all that apply.
A) Confusion
B) Compliance
C) Poor nutrition
D) Sleep disorders
E) Skin breakdown
Q2) Changes result in stress. Which type of change is found to be the most stressful for an older adult?
A) Normative
B) Nonnormative
C) Normative and nonnormative
D) Neither normative nor nonnormative
Q3) 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
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Chapter 16: Family Mental Health Nursing
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Q1) The nurse provides care to a client with dementia. How should the nurse communicate with this client when assisting with mealtime?
A) "Let me help you, honey."
B) "How can I help you, Mrs. Smith?"
C) "Oh my! You made a messy!"
D) "Let me feed you so you don't dirty your clothes."
Q2) The health care provider suggests that a family participate in psychoeducation. What should the nurse instruct the family to expect when participating in this type of instruction? Select all that apply.
A) Social support
B) Family education
C) Home care support
D) Training in coping skills
E) Behavioral therapy techniques
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Chapter 17: Families and Community and Public Health
Nursing
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Q1) 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
Q2) 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
Q3) The nurse prepares material to share during a community health fair. Which definition of community should the nurse keep in mind while preparing this material?
A) A group of vulnerable people
B) A group of people with the same illness
C) A group of people with similar characteristics
D) A group of people living in the same environment
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