Chapter 38: Families and Their
Relationships
1. A teenage girl does not physicall y develop as quickl y as her peers. This
can impair her
a. Future development
b. Physicall y
c. Hygiene
d. Psychosociall y
CORRECT ANSWER: D
Feedback:
Ps ychosocial development is closel y related to changes in phys ical
development.
2. You are working on the oncology division at a local hospital. An elderl y
patient has just passed away. He was very close to his grandchildren. To
address care of the famil y, the nurse should
a. Assist with funeral arrangements at the mort uary
b. Assure preschoolers it is not their fault
c. Tell toddlers grandpa died and is not coming back
d. Onl y allow immediate famil y with the deceased
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Feedback:
, Famil y members should assure preschool children that changes such as
death are not their fault.
3. The nurse instructs the parents of two preschool -aged children that
children learn about relationships earl y in life primaril y from
a. Parents
b. Peers
c. Teachers
d. Siblings
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
Preschoolers identify with the rol e of man or woman as they interact
differentl y with parents or primary caregivers. The caregiver of the
opposite sex becomes the focus of the childs love, whereas the child
may direct aggression toward adults of the same sex.
4. A nurse working in a daycare setting understands that a common issue
with toddlers is
a. Neglect
b. Separation anxiet y
c. Depression
d. Sibling rivalry
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Feedback:
, Despite power struggles, toddlers remain attached to their caregivers,
and severe separation anxiet y may be noted when primary caregivers
leave these children from 18 to 24 months of age.
5. Which of the following terms describes a support function of the famil y
structure?
a. Formal education
b. Economic stabilit y
c. Problem solving
d. Reproduction and unit y
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Feedback:
The usual functions of families involve physical and economic
provisions of care, sexual intimacy, reproduction, education,
socialization, and nurturing and support for problem solving and goal
setting.
6. When a patient tells the nurs e that she is divorced and remarried with one
son from her first marriage, the nurse documents the patients famil y
structure as
a. Extended
b. Blended
c. Cohabitated
d. Divided
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Relationships
1. A teenage girl does not physicall y develop as quickl y as her peers. This
can impair her
a. Future development
b. Physicall y
c. Hygiene
d. Psychosociall y
CORRECT ANSWER: D
Feedback:
Ps ychosocial development is closel y related to changes in phys ical
development.
2. You are working on the oncology division at a local hospital. An elderl y
patient has just passed away. He was very close to his grandchildren. To
address care of the famil y, the nurse should
a. Assist with funeral arrangements at the mort uary
b. Assure preschoolers it is not their fault
c. Tell toddlers grandpa died and is not coming back
d. Onl y allow immediate famil y with the deceased
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Feedback:
, Famil y members should assure preschool children that changes such as
death are not their fault.
3. The nurse instructs the parents of two preschool -aged children that
children learn about relationships earl y in life primaril y from
a. Parents
b. Peers
c. Teachers
d. Siblings
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
Preschoolers identify with the rol e of man or woman as they interact
differentl y with parents or primary caregivers. The caregiver of the
opposite sex becomes the focus of the childs love, whereas the child
may direct aggression toward adults of the same sex.
4. A nurse working in a daycare setting understands that a common issue
with toddlers is
a. Neglect
b. Separation anxiet y
c. Depression
d. Sibling rivalry
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Feedback:
, Despite power struggles, toddlers remain attached to their caregivers,
and severe separation anxiet y may be noted when primary caregivers
leave these children from 18 to 24 months of age.
5. Which of the following terms describes a support function of the famil y
structure?
a. Formal education
b. Economic stabilit y
c. Problem solving
d. Reproduction and unit y
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Feedback:
The usual functions of families involve physical and economic
provisions of care, sexual intimacy, reproduction, education,
socialization, and nurturing and support for problem solving and goal
setting.
6. When a patient tells the nurs e that she is divorced and remarried with one
son from her first marriage, the nurse documents the patients famil y
structure as
a. Extended
b. Blended
c. Cohabitated
d. Divided
CORRECT ANSWER: B
