NSG 527/ NSG527 FINAL EXAM: (NEW 2025/
2026 UPDATE) | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
GRADE A | 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) – CHAMBERLAIN
Family Unit - Success or failure of individuals in society is dependent upon stability of the:
The two purposes of the family are: - 1. Meeting the needs of society
2. Meeting the needs of the individuals in the family
Healthy families exhibit the following characteristics: (Beaver and Hampton) - Effective
skills for negotiating problems
Are clear, open and spontaneous in expressing emotions and decisions
Respect the feelings of others
Encourage others to be independent
Hold others personally accountable for their actions
Display warmth and closeness toward each other
Stage 1 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - Family Efforts at Health Promotion-Many
lifestyles that affect health are learned in the family. Tobacco use is an example of this. Health
promotion, prevention, and risk reduction are impacted by families.
Three causal relationships that can alter family health status include - marriage
parenthood
social support systems
Stage 2 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - Family Appraisal of Symptoms-This stage
begins when a family member has symptoms
Stage 3 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - Care Seeking-A decision is made to seek
medical care. Family members are consulted as needed for advice and recommendations, which
may include on home remedies and self-medication
Stage 4 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - Referral and Obtaining Care-Contact with a
health care provider is initiated. This can be based upon the severity of the patient's condition,
family's culture, health beliefs, availability, and accessibility.
,Stage 5 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - Acute Response to Illness by Client and
Family-The patient takes on the "sick role" and adaptation in this role begins with the patient and
family.
Stage 6 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - adaptation to Illness and Recovery-
Support of the patient by the family unit begins for convalescing and rehabilitating. Coping and
adaptation about the illness begins at this stage.
Family as Context - The patient is an individual with family members who are usually the
primary resource for them. The individual is the primary receiver and the family is secondary for
assessment and intervention of care.
Family as Sum of its Members - The family is a sum of all family members. Family
healthcare is operational when all members of the family receive care.
Family Subsystems as Client - The subsystem of a family can be defined as a dyad or triad
and be comprised of a married couple, parent-child, and sibling-sibling, for example. They are
the recipients of care.
Family as Client - The entire family is in the foreground. Dynamics of the family,
subsystems, and relationships with external sources are the focus.
Family as a Component of Society - The family is a subsystem of society. Families are
considered an institution of society equating to religion and educational institutions for example.
Primary Prevention - Prevent the occurrence of disease.
Health promotion and disease prevention
Teach families to take responsibility for health and attain health goals by enjoying a healthy
lifestyle
Secondary Prevention - After the disease occurrence
Early detection, diagnosis, treatment of signs and symptoms
Conduct screening assessments
Health teaching
Tertiary Prevention - Recovery and rehabilitation
Maximize the level of functioning
Provide support to families in the rehabilitation process
Nightingale's Environmental Model - Did not present a theory of nursing or family nursing
, Emphasized the presence of environmental factors in health and wellness
Nurses care for the whole family unit in the home environment
King's Theory of Goal Attainment - included family-as-context
Collaboratively the nurse and family members identify complete assessment to determine goals
and a plan of care
The family unit provides socialization and establishes norms of behavior across the life cycle.
Roy's Adaptation Model - Family is a unit of analysis, in the same context as the individual
The family unit is adaptive and interacts with the external environment and internal and external
stimuli
Neumann's Health System's Model - The client is an open system where family is defined.
Family is comprised of subsystems with relationships among the family members
The ability to maintain wellness when exposed to stressors occurs through a series of exchanges
in the open system of the model
Appropriate model for community-based health care
Orem's Self-Care Model - The family unit needs to sustain self-care
Nursing works with individuals to achieve self-care in the family unit; the family unit is not the
direct receiver of the health care services.
Self-care of the family can incorporate health beliefs of the family
Rogers's Science of Unitary Human Beings - A family has energy fields that respond to the
environment similar to individuals.
Families have stages of development and progress in one direction
Permeability of boundaries determines the degree of responsiveness required from environmental
input
Newman's Expanding Consciousness Model - Expansion of consciousness defines health
Individuals move unidirectionally to expand consciousness and allow this inside and outside of
the family unit; can incorporate the family with community energy fields
As the individual of a family moves towards consciousness, he/she can explain the internal
dynamics of the family.
Structural-Functional Theory - Family as a social system
2026 UPDATE) | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
GRADE A | 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) – CHAMBERLAIN
Family Unit - Success or failure of individuals in society is dependent upon stability of the:
The two purposes of the family are: - 1. Meeting the needs of society
2. Meeting the needs of the individuals in the family
Healthy families exhibit the following characteristics: (Beaver and Hampton) - Effective
skills for negotiating problems
Are clear, open and spontaneous in expressing emotions and decisions
Respect the feelings of others
Encourage others to be independent
Hold others personally accountable for their actions
Display warmth and closeness toward each other
Stage 1 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - Family Efforts at Health Promotion-Many
lifestyles that affect health are learned in the family. Tobacco use is an example of this. Health
promotion, prevention, and risk reduction are impacted by families.
Three causal relationships that can alter family health status include - marriage
parenthood
social support systems
Stage 2 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - Family Appraisal of Symptoms-This stage
begins when a family member has symptoms
Stage 3 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - Care Seeking-A decision is made to seek
medical care. Family members are consulted as needed for advice and recommendations, which
may include on home remedies and self-medication
Stage 4 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - Referral and Obtaining Care-Contact with a
health care provider is initiated. This can be based upon the severity of the patient's condition,
family's culture, health beliefs, availability, and accessibility.
,Stage 5 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - Acute Response to Illness by Client and
Family-The patient takes on the "sick role" and adaptation in this role begins with the patient and
family.
Stage 6 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction - adaptation to Illness and Recovery-
Support of the patient by the family unit begins for convalescing and rehabilitating. Coping and
adaptation about the illness begins at this stage.
Family as Context - The patient is an individual with family members who are usually the
primary resource for them. The individual is the primary receiver and the family is secondary for
assessment and intervention of care.
Family as Sum of its Members - The family is a sum of all family members. Family
healthcare is operational when all members of the family receive care.
Family Subsystems as Client - The subsystem of a family can be defined as a dyad or triad
and be comprised of a married couple, parent-child, and sibling-sibling, for example. They are
the recipients of care.
Family as Client - The entire family is in the foreground. Dynamics of the family,
subsystems, and relationships with external sources are the focus.
Family as a Component of Society - The family is a subsystem of society. Families are
considered an institution of society equating to religion and educational institutions for example.
Primary Prevention - Prevent the occurrence of disease.
Health promotion and disease prevention
Teach families to take responsibility for health and attain health goals by enjoying a healthy
lifestyle
Secondary Prevention - After the disease occurrence
Early detection, diagnosis, treatment of signs and symptoms
Conduct screening assessments
Health teaching
Tertiary Prevention - Recovery and rehabilitation
Maximize the level of functioning
Provide support to families in the rehabilitation process
Nightingale's Environmental Model - Did not present a theory of nursing or family nursing
, Emphasized the presence of environmental factors in health and wellness
Nurses care for the whole family unit in the home environment
King's Theory of Goal Attainment - included family-as-context
Collaboratively the nurse and family members identify complete assessment to determine goals
and a plan of care
The family unit provides socialization and establishes norms of behavior across the life cycle.
Roy's Adaptation Model - Family is a unit of analysis, in the same context as the individual
The family unit is adaptive and interacts with the external environment and internal and external
stimuli
Neumann's Health System's Model - The client is an open system where family is defined.
Family is comprised of subsystems with relationships among the family members
The ability to maintain wellness when exposed to stressors occurs through a series of exchanges
in the open system of the model
Appropriate model for community-based health care
Orem's Self-Care Model - The family unit needs to sustain self-care
Nursing works with individuals to achieve self-care in the family unit; the family unit is not the
direct receiver of the health care services.
Self-care of the family can incorporate health beliefs of the family
Rogers's Science of Unitary Human Beings - A family has energy fields that respond to the
environment similar to individuals.
Families have stages of development and progress in one direction
Permeability of boundaries determines the degree of responsiveness required from environmental
input
Newman's Expanding Consciousness Model - Expansion of consciousness defines health
Individuals move unidirectionally to expand consciousness and allow this inside and outside of
the family unit; can incorporate the family with community energy fields
As the individual of a family moves towards consciousness, he/she can explain the internal
dynamics of the family.
Structural-Functional Theory - Family as a social system
