NSG 527 Final Exam - Questions with Correct
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56 questions with answers
Topic: NSG 527 Final Exam
1. Norms
Answer: Patterns of behavior considered "right in a given society"
2. Family role in society
Answer: Serves as a mediator between society expectations and individual needs
3. Family role to meet the needs of its members
Answer: Serves as a facilitator of personality development
4. Gay/Lesbian families vs. Cohabitating heterosexual couples
Answer: No uniform or normative family structure among the gay and lesbian families
• Increase stigmatization among gay and lesbian families
• Developmental stages can differ considerably between the two
5. Levels of Prevention: Primary
Answer: Health promotion and disease prevention
6. Levels of Prevention: Secondary
Answer: Early detection and treatment
7. Levels of Prevention: Tertiary
Answer: • Management of chronic illness
• Rehabilitation and convalescence
8. Nursing Models: Florence Nightingale
Answer: Key components include;
• Environmental factors
• Home health nursing
• Clean air
9. Nursing Models: Dorothy Orem
Answer: • The family unit must sustain selfcare
• Nursing works with individuals to achieve self care in the family.
• The family is a basic conditioning unit
10. APN Working with families
Answer: • Family is affected by health problems of its members
• Healthy functioning of the whole family positively affects each family member
• Helps discover health problems that other family members are having
11. 5 Types of Family Nurse Practice
Answer: - Family Practice (FNP) - Psychiatric / Mental Health (PMHNP) - Acute Care (ACNP) -
Adult Gerontology (AGNP) - Pediatric (PNP) - Women's Health (WHNP) • Conceptualization of
the family is a major difference between the types
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, 12. APN Involving families
Answer: • Important to find out "how have you resolved prior issues"
• "What coping strategies have you used"
• Encourage discussion about possible solutions
• Bring the family together
• NEVER dictate that they need to follow the prescribed treatment planempower don't put on
defensive, allow input
13. Working with families from different cultures
Answer: • Recognize the origins of one's values/biases and why you hold them
• Less judgmental approach
14. Cultural Ignorance & Insensitivity results in...
Answer: • Poor communication
• Stigmatization
• Inadequate assessment
15. Family Social Science Theoretical Perspectives Stress Theory
Answer: Focus on the family's response to crisis, resources and perceptions of a situation.
16. Family Social Science Theoretical Perspectives Developmental Approach
Answer: Looks at the family progression through its lifecycles with predictable stages, tasks
and issues
17. Family Social Science Theoretical Perspectives Structural Functional Approach
Answer: • Comprehensive, holistic perspective assessing the family and family universe
(inner and outer environments)
18. Family Social Science Theoretical Perspectives The family Lifecycles:
Answer: Commonly experienced events of the family as a unit through its existence
19. Working with Patient vs. Family
Answer: • With the family you can do a full assessment, you evaluation and treatment have
a greater scope because it involves all the family membersbroader treatment plan.
20. Assessing family to make changes
Answer: • Considers that changes is situationally determined
• Clients' perception of the problem is critical in considering change (i.e., if a person does not
think they have an issue, its going to be hard to have them incorporate any type of change)
21. Typology of Family power
Answer: - Autocratic: dominated by a single individual - syncratic: decisions made by both
members of the marital dyad - autonomic: shared power, but function independently of each
other
22. The most outstanding contemporary trend relative to family power
Answer: egalitarian/ democratic: a family structure in which power and decision-making are
shared equally among all family members, regardless of gender or age
23. Informal roles in the family
Answer: is vital to the family because through the assumption of informal roles, family
homeostasis is maintained, and individual socio-emotional needs are met.
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Answers (Verified Update)
56 questions with answers
Topic: NSG 527 Final Exam
1. Norms
Answer: Patterns of behavior considered "right in a given society"
2. Family role in society
Answer: Serves as a mediator between society expectations and individual needs
3. Family role to meet the needs of its members
Answer: Serves as a facilitator of personality development
4. Gay/Lesbian families vs. Cohabitating heterosexual couples
Answer: No uniform or normative family structure among the gay and lesbian families
• Increase stigmatization among gay and lesbian families
• Developmental stages can differ considerably between the two
5. Levels of Prevention: Primary
Answer: Health promotion and disease prevention
6. Levels of Prevention: Secondary
Answer: Early detection and treatment
7. Levels of Prevention: Tertiary
Answer: • Management of chronic illness
• Rehabilitation and convalescence
8. Nursing Models: Florence Nightingale
Answer: Key components include;
• Environmental factors
• Home health nursing
• Clean air
9. Nursing Models: Dorothy Orem
Answer: • The family unit must sustain selfcare
• Nursing works with individuals to achieve self care in the family.
• The family is a basic conditioning unit
10. APN Working with families
Answer: • Family is affected by health problems of its members
• Healthy functioning of the whole family positively affects each family member
• Helps discover health problems that other family members are having
11. 5 Types of Family Nurse Practice
Answer: - Family Practice (FNP) - Psychiatric / Mental Health (PMHNP) - Acute Care (ACNP) -
Adult Gerontology (AGNP) - Pediatric (PNP) - Women's Health (WHNP) • Conceptualization of
the family is a major difference between the types
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, 12. APN Involving families
Answer: • Important to find out "how have you resolved prior issues"
• "What coping strategies have you used"
• Encourage discussion about possible solutions
• Bring the family together
• NEVER dictate that they need to follow the prescribed treatment planempower don't put on
defensive, allow input
13. Working with families from different cultures
Answer: • Recognize the origins of one's values/biases and why you hold them
• Less judgmental approach
14. Cultural Ignorance & Insensitivity results in...
Answer: • Poor communication
• Stigmatization
• Inadequate assessment
15. Family Social Science Theoretical Perspectives Stress Theory
Answer: Focus on the family's response to crisis, resources and perceptions of a situation.
16. Family Social Science Theoretical Perspectives Developmental Approach
Answer: Looks at the family progression through its lifecycles with predictable stages, tasks
and issues
17. Family Social Science Theoretical Perspectives Structural Functional Approach
Answer: • Comprehensive, holistic perspective assessing the family and family universe
(inner and outer environments)
18. Family Social Science Theoretical Perspectives The family Lifecycles:
Answer: Commonly experienced events of the family as a unit through its existence
19. Working with Patient vs. Family
Answer: • With the family you can do a full assessment, you evaluation and treatment have
a greater scope because it involves all the family membersbroader treatment plan.
20. Assessing family to make changes
Answer: • Considers that changes is situationally determined
• Clients' perception of the problem is critical in considering change (i.e., if a person does not
think they have an issue, its going to be hard to have them incorporate any type of change)
21. Typology of Family power
Answer: - Autocratic: dominated by a single individual - syncratic: decisions made by both
members of the marital dyad - autonomic: shared power, but function independently of each
other
22. The most outstanding contemporary trend relative to family power
Answer: egalitarian/ democratic: a family structure in which power and decision-making are
shared equally among all family members, regardless of gender or age
23. Informal roles in the family
Answer: is vital to the family because through the assumption of informal roles, family
homeostasis is maintained, and individual socio-emotional needs are met.
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