A married couple lives in a single-family house with their new-born son and the
husband’s daughter from a previous marriage. On the basis of the information
given, what family form best describes this family?
a. Married-blended c. Nuclear family
family
b. Extended family d. Same-sex family
ANS: A
Married-blended families are formed as the result of divorce and
remarriage.Unrelated family members join together to create a new household.
Members of anextended family are 𝑘in, or family members related by blood, such
as grandparents,aunts, and uncles. A nuclear family is a traditional family with
male and femalepartners and the children resulting from that union. A same-sex
family is a familywith homosexual partners who cohabit with or without children.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: 18
OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. In what form do families tend to be most socially vulnerable?
a. Married-blended c. Nuclear family
family
b. Extended family d. Single-parent
family
ANS: D
,The single-parent family tends to be vulnerable economically and socially,
creatingan unstable and deprived environment for the growth potential of children.
Themarried-blended family, the extended family, and the nuclear family are not
themost socially vulnerable.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: 18
OBJ: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Health care functions carried out by families to meet their members needs include:
Developing family budgets.
Socializing children.
Meeting nutritional requirements.
Teaching family members about birth control.
ANS: C
, Meeting nutritional requirements is a fundamental health promotion behavior.
Although creating a family budget may be helpful, it does not indicate that
fundswill be allotted to meet health needs if money is scarce. Often families
cannotafford preventive care and rely on emergency departments for their health
careneeds. Socialization of children may be important, but it is not directly related
to thehealth care of individuals in a family unit. Birth control may be important, but
it isnot a basic survival health care function.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 28
OBJ: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: Client Needs: Physiologic Integrity
The nurse should be aware that the criteria used to ma𝑘e decisions and
solveproblems within families are based primarily on family:
Rituals and c Boundaries and
.
a.
Values and d Socialization
b. beliefs. . processes.