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Family Health Care Nursing, 7e
2-1
Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing of Families
Multiple Choice:
1. 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 primary function of theory in family
nursing?
1. Identifies a specific hypothesis
2. Answers “How?” or “Why?” questions
3. Examines how the concepts create a meaningful pattern
4. Improves nursing services provided to families
2. The nurse reviews a theory for applicability to a family health situation. On which part of
the
theory should the nurse focus to understand the expected relationship between the theory’s
concepts?
1. System
2. Hypothesis
3. Propositions
4. Conceptual model
3. The nurse prepares to assess a family according to a family development theory. Which
action
will the nurse complete first during this assessment?
1. Health of individual members
2. Employment status of the parents
3. Family structure and life cycle stages
4. Education status of the children
Family Health Care Nursing, 7e
2-1
Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing of Families
Multiple Choice:
1. 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 primary function of theory in family
nursing?
1. Identifies a specific hypothesis
2. Answers “How?” or “Why?” questions
3. Examines how the concepts create a meaningful pattern
4. Improves nursing services provided to families
2. The nurse reviews a theory for applicability to a family health situation. On which part of
the
theory should the nurse focus to understand the expected relationship between the theory’s
concepts?
1. System
2. Hypothesis
3. Propositions
4. Conceptual model
3. The nurse prepares to assess a family according to a family development theory. Which
action
will the nurse complete first during this assessment?
1. Health of individual members
2. Employment status of the parents
3. Family structure and life cycle stages
4. Education status of the children
