Nurs 404 Exam 3 with 248 complete
solutions Graded A+.
Nurs 404 Exam 3 with 248 complete
solutions Graded A+.
The family nurse conducts the family nursing assessment with the family as a unit. Using a systematic
process, family problems are identified and family strengths are emphasized as building blocks for
interventions. Which of the following best completes the statement to demonstrate the importance of
assessment to outcomes? Integrating the extended families:
A. fosters equal family and provider commitment to success.
B. facilitates outcomes-oriented family nursing research.
C. decreases the need for nurse contact and intervention.
D. removes barriers to needed services to achieve success. - ANSWER A. Building the interventions with
family-identified problems and strengths allows for equal family and provider commitment to the
solutions and ensures more successful interventions. The interactions between family members become
the target for nursing interventions (e.g., the direct interactions between the parents, or the indirect
interaction between the parents and the child). The systems approach to family always implies that
when something happens to one family member, the other members of the family system are affected.
The nurse in community health uses information about family structure, household composition,
marriage, divorce, birth, death, adoption, and other family life events to forecast and predict stresses
and developmental changes experienced by families and identify possible solutions to family challenges.
This best describes the study of: - ANSWER Family demographics
Family demographics is the study of the structure of families and households and the family-related
events, such as marriage and divorce, that alter the structure through their number, timing, and
sequencing. Nurses must be knowledgeable about family structures, functions, processes, and roles. In
addition, nurses must be aware of and understand their own values and attitudes pertaining to their
own families, as well as being open to different family structures and cultures.
,Nurs 404 Exam 3 with 248 complete
solutions Graded A+.
The current-day definition of family refers to two or more individuals who depend on one another for
emotional, physical, and/or financial support. Which of the following is the most important principle to
support this broader definition?
A. Families are defined by genetic ties.
B. Family names are needed to confer status.
C. Members of a family are self-defined.
D. Traditional family functions have been redefined. - ANSWER C. The members of a family are self-
defined. Nurses working with families should ask the people whom they consider to be their family and
then include those members in health care planning. The family may range from traditional nuclear and
extended family to "postmodern" family structures such as single-parent families, stepfamilies, same-
gender families, and families consisting of friends.
Which of the following social science theories is used by public health nursing to describe how
environments and systems outside of the family influence the development of a child over time?
A. Life-cycle theory
B. Family developmental theory
C. Family systems theory
D. Bioecological systems theory - ANSWER D. The bioecological systems theory describes how
environments and systems outside of the family influence the development of a child over time. Family
developmental and life-cycle theory provides a framework for understanding normal predicted stresses
that families experience as they change and transition over time. The stages of family development are
based on the age of the eldest child. Overall family tasks are identified that need to be accomplished for
each stage of family development. Nurses use family systems theory to understand how a family is an
organized whole as well as composed of individuals.
,Nurs 404 Exam 3 with 248 complete
solutions Graded A+.
What terms are used to describe healthy families? Select all that apply.
A. Families with strengths
B. Dysfunctional
C. Functional families
D. Resilient families
E. Resistant families - ANSWER A, C, D
Families with strengths, functional families, and resilient families are terms often used to refer to
healthy families. Research has been conducted about healthy families, but it is clear that the issues
examined all relate to those of relational needs. This means that in healthy families, the basic survival
needs are met. The traits ascribed to healthy families are based on attachment and are affectionate in
nature.
The family systems theory encourages nurses to view both the individual clients as participating
members of a whole family. What is the major weakness of the systems framework?
A. Views families from both a subsystem and a suprasystem approach.
B. Defines the direction of interactions.
C. Views the family as an agent of change.
D. Focuses on the interaction of the family with other systems. - ANSWER D.
The major strength of the systems framework is that it views families from both a subsystem and a
suprasystem approach. That is, it views the interactions within and between family subsystems as well
as the interaction between families and the larger supersystems, such as the community and the world.
The major weakness of the systems framework is that the focus is on the interaction of the family with
other systems rather than on the individual, which is sometimes more important.
, Nurs 404 Exam 3 with 248 complete
solutions Graded A+.
In applying the developmental theory, a family nurse determines the developmental stage of the family
based on:
A. age of the eldest child.
B. family strengths.
C. individual growth patterns.
D. overall tasks of the family. - ANSWER A.
Family developmental and life-cycle theory provides a framework for understanding normal predicted
stresses that families experience as they change and transition over time. The stages of family
development are based on the age of the eldest child. Overall family tasks are identified that need to be
accomplished for each stage of family development.
Family health can be defined as a dynamic, changing, relative state of well-being that includes the
biological, psychological, sociological, cultural, and spiritual factors of a family system. This family health
approach would best include which of the following underlying principles? Select all that apply.
A. Assessment of the individual's health does not determine the overall family system's health.
B. Family functioning affects the health of individuals.
C. Family system assessment specifically addresses the individual's health.
D. The individual's health affects family functioning.
E. Simultaneous assessment of individual family members and the family system as a whole is important
to family health. - ANSWER B, D, E
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Nurs 404 Exam 3 with 248 complete
solutions Graded A+.
The family nurse conducts the family nursing assessment with the family as a unit. Using a systematic
process, family problems are identified and family strengths are emphasized as building blocks for
interventions. Which of the following best completes the statement to demonstrate the importance of
assessment to outcomes? Integrating the extended families:
A. fosters equal family and provider commitment to success.
B. facilitates outcomes-oriented family nursing research.
C. decreases the need for nurse contact and intervention.
D. removes barriers to needed services to achieve success. - ANSWER A. Building the interventions with
family-identified problems and strengths allows for equal family and provider commitment to the
solutions and ensures more successful interventions. The interactions between family members become
the target for nursing interventions (e.g., the direct interactions between the parents, or the indirect
interaction between the parents and the child). The systems approach to family always implies that
when something happens to one family member, the other members of the family system are affected.
The nurse in community health uses information about family structure, household composition,
marriage, divorce, birth, death, adoption, and other family life events to forecast and predict stresses
and developmental changes experienced by families and identify possible solutions to family challenges.
This best describes the study of: - ANSWER Family demographics
Family demographics is the study of the structure of families and households and the family-related
events, such as marriage and divorce, that alter the structure through their number, timing, and
sequencing. Nurses must be knowledgeable about family structures, functions, processes, and roles. In
addition, nurses must be aware of and understand their own values and attitudes pertaining to their
own families, as well as being open to different family structures and cultures.
,Nurs 404 Exam 3 with 248 complete
solutions Graded A+.
The current-day definition of family refers to two or more individuals who depend on one another for
emotional, physical, and/or financial support. Which of the following is the most important principle to
support this broader definition?
A. Families are defined by genetic ties.
B. Family names are needed to confer status.
C. Members of a family are self-defined.
D. Traditional family functions have been redefined. - ANSWER C. The members of a family are self-
defined. Nurses working with families should ask the people whom they consider to be their family and
then include those members in health care planning. The family may range from traditional nuclear and
extended family to "postmodern" family structures such as single-parent families, stepfamilies, same-
gender families, and families consisting of friends.
Which of the following social science theories is used by public health nursing to describe how
environments and systems outside of the family influence the development of a child over time?
A. Life-cycle theory
B. Family developmental theory
C. Family systems theory
D. Bioecological systems theory - ANSWER D. The bioecological systems theory describes how
environments and systems outside of the family influence the development of a child over time. Family
developmental and life-cycle theory provides a framework for understanding normal predicted stresses
that families experience as they change and transition over time. The stages of family development are
based on the age of the eldest child. Overall family tasks are identified that need to be accomplished for
each stage of family development. Nurses use family systems theory to understand how a family is an
organized whole as well as composed of individuals.
,Nurs 404 Exam 3 with 248 complete
solutions Graded A+.
What terms are used to describe healthy families? Select all that apply.
A. Families with strengths
B. Dysfunctional
C. Functional families
D. Resilient families
E. Resistant families - ANSWER A, C, D
Families with strengths, functional families, and resilient families are terms often used to refer to
healthy families. Research has been conducted about healthy families, but it is clear that the issues
examined all relate to those of relational needs. This means that in healthy families, the basic survival
needs are met. The traits ascribed to healthy families are based on attachment and are affectionate in
nature.
The family systems theory encourages nurses to view both the individual clients as participating
members of a whole family. What is the major weakness of the systems framework?
A. Views families from both a subsystem and a suprasystem approach.
B. Defines the direction of interactions.
C. Views the family as an agent of change.
D. Focuses on the interaction of the family with other systems. - ANSWER D.
The major strength of the systems framework is that it views families from both a subsystem and a
suprasystem approach. That is, it views the interactions within and between family subsystems as well
as the interaction between families and the larger supersystems, such as the community and the world.
The major weakness of the systems framework is that the focus is on the interaction of the family with
other systems rather than on the individual, which is sometimes more important.
, Nurs 404 Exam 3 with 248 complete
solutions Graded A+.
In applying the developmental theory, a family nurse determines the developmental stage of the family
based on:
A. age of the eldest child.
B. family strengths.
C. individual growth patterns.
D. overall tasks of the family. - ANSWER A.
Family developmental and life-cycle theory provides a framework for understanding normal predicted
stresses that families experience as they change and transition over time. The stages of family
development are based on the age of the eldest child. Overall family tasks are identified that need to be
accomplished for each stage of family development.
Family health can be defined as a dynamic, changing, relative state of well-being that includes the
biological, psychological, sociological, cultural, and spiritual factors of a family system. This family health
approach would best include which of the following underlying principles? Select all that apply.
A. Assessment of the individual's health does not determine the overall family system's health.
B. Family functioning affects the health of individuals.
C. Family system assessment specifically addresses the individual's health.
D. The individual's health affects family functioning.
E. Simultaneous assessment of individual family members and the family system as a whole is important
to family health. - ANSWER B, D, E
