NURS 5433 FNP II Midterm Exam Review (2026-2027) - Family
Nursing | UTA QUESTIONS WITH WELL VERIFED ANSWERS
What are the three foundational components of family nursing? - answer☑️✔️..1.
Determining how the family is defined
2. Understanding the concepts of family health
3. Knowing the current evidence about the elements of a health family
What is family? - answer☑️✔️..Family life is a universal human experience and no two
individuals have the exact same experience within a family. No universally agreed-upon
definition of family.
Legal Definition of Family - answer☑️✔️..relationships through blood ties, adoption,
guardianship or marriage
Biological Definition of Family - answer☑️✔️..Genetic biological networks among and between
people. Who is biologically connected to that family member? Epidemiology, hereditary disease.
Sociological Definition of Family - answer☑️✔️..Groups of people living together with or
without legal or biological ties I.e Kibbutz
Psychological Definition of Family - answer☑️✔️..Groups with strong emotional ties. People
that want to be together are really connected emotionally so they end up staying with each
other.
The textbooks definition of family - answer☑️✔️..Family refers to two or more individuals who
depend on one another for emotional, physical, and economic support. The members of the
family are self-defined. Family is who they say they are, nurses who work with families should
ask clients who they consider to be members of their family and should include those persons in
health care planning with the patient's permission.
,What is family health? - answer☑️✔️..Family health is a dynamic, changing state of well-being,
which includes the biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological, and cultural factors of
individual family members and the family system.
- an individual's health (on wellness-to-illness contunuum) affects the entire family
-ensure you are looking at the whole perspective
What is family functioning? - answer☑️✔️..Difficult to describe characteristics of a family that
is well-functioning.
Otto (1963) -first scholar to develop psychosocial criteria for assessing family strengths, and
emphasized the need to focus on positive family attributes instead of pathological approach
that accentuated family problems and weaknesses.
Pratt 1976 -energized family: as one whose structure encourages and supports individual to
develop their capacities for full functioning and independent action, thus contributing to family
health.
Curran's Traits (1985) of a Healthy Family - answer☑️✔️..Communicates and Listens
Fosters table time and conversation
Affirms and supports each member
Teaches respect for others
Develops a sense of trust
Has a sense of play and humor
Has a balance of interaction among members
Shares leisure time
Abounds to rituals and traditions
Teaches a sense of right and wrong
Shares a religious core
, Respects the privacy of others
Values service to others
Admits to problems and seeks help
Family Flexibility - answer☑️✔️..Olson and Gorall (2005) conducted a study and found that the
ability of the family to demonstrate flexibility is related to its ability to alter family leadership
roles, relationships, and rules, including control, discipline, and role sharing. Functional, healthy
families have the ability to change these factors in response to situations.
What are the dominant patterns of family functioning? - answer☑️✔️..Balanced flexibility and
balance cohesion
Family Nursing Competences: Generalist - answer☑️✔️..1. Enhance and promote family health
2. focus nursing practice on family's strengths, the support of family and individual growth, the
improvement of family self-management abilities, the facilitation of successful life transitions,
the improvement and management of health, and the mobilization of family resources.
3. Demonstrate leadership and systems thinking skills to ensure the quality of nursing care with
families in everyday practice and across every content.
4. Practice using evidence-based practice
What are the four views of family through a lens? - answer☑️✔️..Systems
Component
Context
Client
Family as Context - answer☑️✔️..Family centered, family focused,
The first approach to family nursing focuses on the ax and care of an individual client in which
family is context.
Nursing | UTA QUESTIONS WITH WELL VERIFED ANSWERS
What are the three foundational components of family nursing? - answer☑️✔️..1.
Determining how the family is defined
2. Understanding the concepts of family health
3. Knowing the current evidence about the elements of a health family
What is family? - answer☑️✔️..Family life is a universal human experience and no two
individuals have the exact same experience within a family. No universally agreed-upon
definition of family.
Legal Definition of Family - answer☑️✔️..relationships through blood ties, adoption,
guardianship or marriage
Biological Definition of Family - answer☑️✔️..Genetic biological networks among and between
people. Who is biologically connected to that family member? Epidemiology, hereditary disease.
Sociological Definition of Family - answer☑️✔️..Groups of people living together with or
without legal or biological ties I.e Kibbutz
Psychological Definition of Family - answer☑️✔️..Groups with strong emotional ties. People
that want to be together are really connected emotionally so they end up staying with each
other.
The textbooks definition of family - answer☑️✔️..Family refers to two or more individuals who
depend on one another for emotional, physical, and economic support. The members of the
family are self-defined. Family is who they say they are, nurses who work with families should
ask clients who they consider to be members of their family and should include those persons in
health care planning with the patient's permission.
,What is family health? - answer☑️✔️..Family health is a dynamic, changing state of well-being,
which includes the biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological, and cultural factors of
individual family members and the family system.
- an individual's health (on wellness-to-illness contunuum) affects the entire family
-ensure you are looking at the whole perspective
What is family functioning? - answer☑️✔️..Difficult to describe characteristics of a family that
is well-functioning.
Otto (1963) -first scholar to develop psychosocial criteria for assessing family strengths, and
emphasized the need to focus on positive family attributes instead of pathological approach
that accentuated family problems and weaknesses.
Pratt 1976 -energized family: as one whose structure encourages and supports individual to
develop their capacities for full functioning and independent action, thus contributing to family
health.
Curran's Traits (1985) of a Healthy Family - answer☑️✔️..Communicates and Listens
Fosters table time and conversation
Affirms and supports each member
Teaches respect for others
Develops a sense of trust
Has a sense of play and humor
Has a balance of interaction among members
Shares leisure time
Abounds to rituals and traditions
Teaches a sense of right and wrong
Shares a religious core
, Respects the privacy of others
Values service to others
Admits to problems and seeks help
Family Flexibility - answer☑️✔️..Olson and Gorall (2005) conducted a study and found that the
ability of the family to demonstrate flexibility is related to its ability to alter family leadership
roles, relationships, and rules, including control, discipline, and role sharing. Functional, healthy
families have the ability to change these factors in response to situations.
What are the dominant patterns of family functioning? - answer☑️✔️..Balanced flexibility and
balance cohesion
Family Nursing Competences: Generalist - answer☑️✔️..1. Enhance and promote family health
2. focus nursing practice on family's strengths, the support of family and individual growth, the
improvement of family self-management abilities, the facilitation of successful life transitions,
the improvement and management of health, and the mobilization of family resources.
3. Demonstrate leadership and systems thinking skills to ensure the quality of nursing care with
families in everyday practice and across every content.
4. Practice using evidence-based practice
What are the four views of family through a lens? - answer☑️✔️..Systems
Component
Context
Client
Family as Context - answer☑️✔️..Family centered, family focused,
The first approach to family nursing focuses on the ax and care of an individual client in which
family is context.
