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Test Bank For Family Health Care Nursing Theory Practice And
Research 6th Edition By Joanna Rowe Kaakinen, Deborah Padgett
Coehlo, Rose Steele, Melissa Robinson
,Chapter 1: Family Health Care Nursing: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing of Families
Chapter 3: Family Demography: Continuity and Change in North American
Families
Chapter 4: Family Policy: The Intersection of Family Policies, Health Disparities,
and Health Care Policies
Chapter 5: Family Nursing Assessment and Intervention
Chapter 6: Family Health Promotion
Chapter 7: Nursing Care of LGBTQ Families
Chapter 8: Genomics and Family Nursing Across the Life Span
Chapter 9: Families Living with Chronic Illness
Chapter 10: Families in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Chapter 11: Trauma and Family Nursing
Chapter 12: Family Nursing with Childbearing Families
Chapter 13: Family Child Health Nursing
Chapter 14: Family Nursing in Acute Care Adult Settings
Chapter 15: Family Nursing in Long-Term Care
,Test Bank: Chapter 1 - Family Health Care Nursing: An
Introduction
Multiple Choice (25 Questions)
1. The nurse is transferring to a care area that focuses on family nursing practice. What
should the nurse realize about this approach to care?
a) Interventions in family care address the future plans for the family.
b) Family members must be present before the implementation of family care.
c) Resources are placed to support an ill family member with the greatest chance for
recovery.
d) The nurse and family together define the family and where therapeutic energy should
be placed.
Answer: d
Explanation: A fundamental principle of family nursing is that the nurse collaborates
with the family to identify its members and determine the focus of therapeutic
interventions. This approach respects the family's unique structure and needs, providing
a structured yet flexible framework for care regardless of the specific theoretical model
used .
2. The nurse notes that a client has been previously married and participates in raising
the current spouse's children from a previous marriage. How should the nurse
document this family type?
a) Extended
b) Cohabitation
c) Nuclear dyad
d) Reconstituted
Answer: d
Explanation: A reconstituted or blended family is formed when one or both adults
bring children from a previous marriage into a new union. This differs from an extended
, family (multiple adult generations), cohabitation (unmarried couple), and a nuclear dyad
(a married couple with no children) .
3. The nurse prepares an in-service program on family nursing for new graduate
employees. Which definition of family is the best one for the nurse to use?
a) Members of a family are self-defined.
b) People who share strong emotional ties.
c) A family is defined by blood ties, adoption, and marriage.
d) A group of people who live together with or without legal or biological ties.
Answer: a
Explanation: In modern family nursing, the most inclusive and appropriate definition is
that the family is who they say they are. This self-defined approach respects diverse
structures and relationships, moving beyond traditional legal, sociological, or
psychological definitions to honor the family's own perspective .
4. 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
Explanation: When the family serves as a resource for an individual client, the nurse is
using the "family as context" approach. In this traditional nursing focus, the individual is
in the foreground, and the family is the background or context, acting as either a
resource or a stressor to the individual's health .
5. During a home visit, the nurse teaches the client and family about actions to reduce
the spread of infection between family members. Which role is the nurse implementing?
a) Counselor
b) Care deliverer
Test Bank For Family Health Care Nursing Theory Practice And
Research 6th Edition By Joanna Rowe Kaakinen, Deborah Padgett
Coehlo, Rose Steele, Melissa Robinson
,Chapter 1: Family Health Care Nursing: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing of Families
Chapter 3: Family Demography: Continuity and Change in North American
Families
Chapter 4: Family Policy: The Intersection of Family Policies, Health Disparities,
and Health Care Policies
Chapter 5: Family Nursing Assessment and Intervention
Chapter 6: Family Health Promotion
Chapter 7: Nursing Care of LGBTQ Families
Chapter 8: Genomics and Family Nursing Across the Life Span
Chapter 9: Families Living with Chronic Illness
Chapter 10: Families in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Chapter 11: Trauma and Family Nursing
Chapter 12: Family Nursing with Childbearing Families
Chapter 13: Family Child Health Nursing
Chapter 14: Family Nursing in Acute Care Adult Settings
Chapter 15: Family Nursing in Long-Term Care
,Test Bank: Chapter 1 - Family Health Care Nursing: An
Introduction
Multiple Choice (25 Questions)
1. The nurse is transferring to a care area that focuses on family nursing practice. What
should the nurse realize about this approach to care?
a) Interventions in family care address the future plans for the family.
b) Family members must be present before the implementation of family care.
c) Resources are placed to support an ill family member with the greatest chance for
recovery.
d) The nurse and family together define the family and where therapeutic energy should
be placed.
Answer: d
Explanation: A fundamental principle of family nursing is that the nurse collaborates
with the family to identify its members and determine the focus of therapeutic
interventions. This approach respects the family's unique structure and needs, providing
a structured yet flexible framework for care regardless of the specific theoretical model
used .
2. The nurse notes that a client has been previously married and participates in raising
the current spouse's children from a previous marriage. How should the nurse
document this family type?
a) Extended
b) Cohabitation
c) Nuclear dyad
d) Reconstituted
Answer: d
Explanation: A reconstituted or blended family is formed when one or both adults
bring children from a previous marriage into a new union. This differs from an extended
, family (multiple adult generations), cohabitation (unmarried couple), and a nuclear dyad
(a married couple with no children) .
3. The nurse prepares an in-service program on family nursing for new graduate
employees. Which definition of family is the best one for the nurse to use?
a) Members of a family are self-defined.
b) People who share strong emotional ties.
c) A family is defined by blood ties, adoption, and marriage.
d) A group of people who live together with or without legal or biological ties.
Answer: a
Explanation: In modern family nursing, the most inclusive and appropriate definition is
that the family is who they say they are. This self-defined approach respects diverse
structures and relationships, moving beyond traditional legal, sociological, or
psychological definitions to honor the family's own perspective .
4. 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
Explanation: When the family serves as a resource for an individual client, the nurse is
using the "family as context" approach. In this traditional nursing focus, the individual is
in the foreground, and the family is the background or context, acting as either a
resource or a stressor to the individual's health .
5. During a home visit, the nurse teaches the client and family about actions to reduce
the spread of infection between family members. Which role is the nurse implementing?
a) Counselor
b) Care deliverer
