NSG 527 Final Exam: Complete
Study Guide – 200 Questions &
Answers on Family Theory,
Psychopathology, and Advanced
Practice Nursing
Family Unit
1. Success or failure of individuals in society is dependent
upon stability of the:
• Answer: Family Unit
The Two Purposes of the Family
2. The two purposes of the family are:
• Answer: 1. Meeting the needs of society. 2. Meeting the
needs of the individuals in the family
Healthy Family Characteristics (Beaver and Hampton)
3. Healthy families exhibit the following characteristics
(Beaver and Hampton):
• Answer: 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
Health/Illness and Family Interaction Stages
4. Stage 1 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
, • Answer: Family Efforts at Health Promotion. Many
lifestyles that affect health are learned in the family. Health
promotion, prevention, and risk reduction are impacted by
families
5. Three causal relationships that can alter family health
status include:
• Answer: Marriage; Parenthood; Social support systems
6. Stage 2 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
• Answer: Family Appraisal of Symptoms. This stage begins
when a family member has symptoms
7. Stage 3 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
• Answer: Care Seeking. A decision is made to seek medical
care
8. Stage 4 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
• Answer: Referral and Obtaining Care. Contact with a
healthcare provider is initiated
9. Stage 5 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
• Answer: Acute Response to Illness by Client and Family.
The patient takes on the "sick role"
10. Stage 6 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
• Answer: Adaptation to Illness and Recovery. Support of
the patient by the family unit begins for convalescing and
rehabilitating
Family Nursing Perspectives
11. Family as Context:
, • Answer: The patient is an individual, with family members
who are usually their primary resource
12. Family as Sum of its Members:
• Answer: The family is a sum of all family members. Family
healthcare is operational when all members receive care
13. Family Subsystems as Client:
• Answer: The subsystem can be defined as a dyad or triad
(e.g., married couple, parent-child), and they are the
recipients of care
14. Family as Client:
• Answer: The entire family is in the foreground. Dynamics
of the family, subsystems, and relationships with external
sources are the focus
15. Family as a Component of Society:
• Answer: The family is a subsystem of society, considered
an institution on par with religion and education
Levels of Prevention
16. Primary Prevention:
• Answer: Prevent the occurrence of disease. Health
promotion and disease prevention
17. Secondary Prevention:
• Answer: After disease occurrence. Early detection,
diagnosis, treatment of signs and symptoms. Conduct
screening assessments
18. Tertiary Prevention:
, • Answer: Recovery and rehabilitation. Maximize the level of
functioning. Provide support to families in the
rehabilitation process
Nursing Models and Theories
19. Nightingale's Environmental Model:
• Answer: Did not present a theory of nursing or family
nursing. Emphasized environmental factors in health and
wellness
20. King's Theory of Goal Attainment:
• Answer: Included family-as-context. Collaboratively, the
nurse and family identify goals and a plan of care
21. Roy's Adaptation Model:
• Answer: Family is a unit of analysis. The family unit is
adaptive and interacts with external environment and
stimuli
22. Neumann's Health System's Model:
• Answer: The client is an open system. The ability to
maintain wellness when exposed to stressors occurs
through a series of exchanges. Appropriate for
community-based healthcare
23. Orem's Self-Care Model:
• Answer: The family unit needs to sustain self-care.
Nursing works with individuals to achieve self-care in the
family unit; the family is not the direct receiver
24. Rogers's Science of Unitary Human Beings:
Study Guide – 200 Questions &
Answers on Family Theory,
Psychopathology, and Advanced
Practice Nursing
Family Unit
1. Success or failure of individuals in society is dependent
upon stability of the:
• Answer: Family Unit
The Two Purposes of the Family
2. The two purposes of the family are:
• Answer: 1. Meeting the needs of society. 2. Meeting the
needs of the individuals in the family
Healthy Family Characteristics (Beaver and Hampton)
3. Healthy families exhibit the following characteristics
(Beaver and Hampton):
• Answer: 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
Health/Illness and Family Interaction Stages
4. Stage 1 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
, • Answer: Family Efforts at Health Promotion. Many
lifestyles that affect health are learned in the family. Health
promotion, prevention, and risk reduction are impacted by
families
5. Three causal relationships that can alter family health
status include:
• Answer: Marriage; Parenthood; Social support systems
6. Stage 2 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
• Answer: Family Appraisal of Symptoms. This stage begins
when a family member has symptoms
7. Stage 3 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
• Answer: Care Seeking. A decision is made to seek medical
care
8. Stage 4 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
• Answer: Referral and Obtaining Care. Contact with a
healthcare provider is initiated
9. Stage 5 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
• Answer: Acute Response to Illness by Client and Family.
The patient takes on the "sick role"
10. Stage 6 of Health/Illness and Family Interaction:
• Answer: Adaptation to Illness and Recovery. Support of
the patient by the family unit begins for convalescing and
rehabilitating
Family Nursing Perspectives
11. Family as Context:
, • Answer: The patient is an individual, with family members
who are usually their primary resource
12. Family as Sum of its Members:
• Answer: The family is a sum of all family members. Family
healthcare is operational when all members receive care
13. Family Subsystems as Client:
• Answer: The subsystem can be defined as a dyad or triad
(e.g., married couple, parent-child), and they are the
recipients of care
14. Family as Client:
• Answer: The entire family is in the foreground. Dynamics
of the family, subsystems, and relationships with external
sources are the focus
15. Family as a Component of Society:
• Answer: The family is a subsystem of society, considered
an institution on par with religion and education
Levels of Prevention
16. Primary Prevention:
• Answer: Prevent the occurrence of disease. Health
promotion and disease prevention
17. Secondary Prevention:
• Answer: After disease occurrence. Early detection,
diagnosis, treatment of signs and symptoms. Conduct
screening assessments
18. Tertiary Prevention:
, • Answer: Recovery and rehabilitation. Maximize the level of
functioning. Provide support to families in the
rehabilitation process
Nursing Models and Theories
19. Nightingale's Environmental Model:
• Answer: Did not present a theory of nursing or family
nursing. Emphasized environmental factors in health and
wellness
20. King's Theory of Goal Attainment:
• Answer: Included family-as-context. Collaboratively, the
nurse and family identify goals and a plan of care
21. Roy's Adaptation Model:
• Answer: Family is a unit of analysis. The family unit is
adaptive and interacts with external environment and
stimuli
22. Neumann's Health System's Model:
• Answer: The client is an open system. The ability to
maintain wellness when exposed to stressors occurs
through a series of exchanges. Appropriate for
community-based healthcare
23. Orem's Self-Care Model:
• Answer: The family unit needs to sustain self-care.
Nursing works with individuals to achieve self-care in the
family unit; the family is not the direct receiver
24. Rogers's Science of Unitary Human Beings:
