,Chapter 1: Family Assessment and Intervention: An Overview
Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations of the Calgary Family Assessment and
Intervention Models
Chapter 3: The Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM)
Chapter 4: The Calgary Family Intervention Model (CFIM)
Chapter 5: Family Nursing Interviews: Stages and Skills
Chapter 6: How To Prepare for Family Interviews
Chapter 7: How To Conduct Family Interviews
Chapter 8: How To Use Questions in Family Interviewing
Chapter 9: How To Do a 15-Minute (or Shorter) Family Interview
Chapter 10: How To Move Beyond Basic Family Nursing Skills
Chapter 11: How To Avoid the Three Most Common Errors in Family Nursing
Chapter 12: How To Terminate With Families
Chapter 13: Pulling It All Together (The O'Shanell Family Case)
, Test Bank for Chapter 1: Family Assessment and Intervention: An
Overview from Wright & Leahey's Nurses and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment
and Intervention, 8th Edition.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (25 items)
1. According to Wright & Leahey (8th ed.), which statement best describes the
primary goal of family assessment and intervention in nursing?
A) To diagnose individual mental health disorders within the family
B) To reduce healthcare costs by minimizing family involvement
C) To alleviate suffering and promote health at the family system level
D) To replace individual patient care with family therapy
Answer: C
Rationale: The text emphasizes that family nursing aims to alleviate suffering and
promote health not just in individuals but within the entire family system. Options A and
D reflect a therapeutic rather than nursing focus, and B contradicts the family-centered
approach.
2. A nurse is working with a family after a stroke of the grandfather. The nurse
focuses on how the stroke affects communication patterns between the
grandfather, his wife, and their adult children. This approach best represents
which level of family nursing practice?
, A) Individual-focused nursing
B) Family as context
C) Family as system
D) Family as structure
Answer: C
Rationale: "Family as system" views the family as an interactive unit where a change in
one member (stroke) affects the whole system's functioning. "Family as context" would
focus on the patient (grandfather) with the family as background.
3. Which of the following is NOT a recognized level of nursing practice with
families according to Wright & Leahey?
A) Family as context
B) Family as client
C) Family as system
D) Family as observer
Answer: D
Rationale: The three established levels are: Family as Context, Family as Client, and
Family as System. "Family as observer" is not a level described in the textbook.
4. A generalist nurse working in a busy medical-surgical unit is most likely to
engage in which family intervention?
A) Family therapy for chronic conflict
B) Long-term family restructuring
Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations of the Calgary Family Assessment and
Intervention Models
Chapter 3: The Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM)
Chapter 4: The Calgary Family Intervention Model (CFIM)
Chapter 5: Family Nursing Interviews: Stages and Skills
Chapter 6: How To Prepare for Family Interviews
Chapter 7: How To Conduct Family Interviews
Chapter 8: How To Use Questions in Family Interviewing
Chapter 9: How To Do a 15-Minute (or Shorter) Family Interview
Chapter 10: How To Move Beyond Basic Family Nursing Skills
Chapter 11: How To Avoid the Three Most Common Errors in Family Nursing
Chapter 12: How To Terminate With Families
Chapter 13: Pulling It All Together (The O'Shanell Family Case)
, Test Bank for Chapter 1: Family Assessment and Intervention: An
Overview from Wright & Leahey's Nurses and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment
and Intervention, 8th Edition.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (25 items)
1. According to Wright & Leahey (8th ed.), which statement best describes the
primary goal of family assessment and intervention in nursing?
A) To diagnose individual mental health disorders within the family
B) To reduce healthcare costs by minimizing family involvement
C) To alleviate suffering and promote health at the family system level
D) To replace individual patient care with family therapy
Answer: C
Rationale: The text emphasizes that family nursing aims to alleviate suffering and
promote health not just in individuals but within the entire family system. Options A and
D reflect a therapeutic rather than nursing focus, and B contradicts the family-centered
approach.
2. A nurse is working with a family after a stroke of the grandfather. The nurse
focuses on how the stroke affects communication patterns between the
grandfather, his wife, and their adult children. This approach best represents
which level of family nursing practice?
, A) Individual-focused nursing
B) Family as context
C) Family as system
D) Family as structure
Answer: C
Rationale: "Family as system" views the family as an interactive unit where a change in
one member (stroke) affects the whole system's functioning. "Family as context" would
focus on the patient (grandfather) with the family as background.
3. Which of the following is NOT a recognized level of nursing practice with
families according to Wright & Leahey?
A) Family as context
B) Family as client
C) Family as system
D) Family as observer
Answer: D
Rationale: The three established levels are: Family as Context, Family as Client, and
Family as System. "Family as observer" is not a level described in the textbook.
4. A generalist nurse working in a busy medical-surgical unit is most likely to
engage in which family intervention?
A) Family therapy for chronic conflict
B) Long-term family restructuring
