Maternity by Lowdermilk & Perry: Chapter 2 Exam Questions & Answ
1. Chapter 2. Community Care:
The Family and Culture ANS: A
Married-blended families are formed as the
1. A married couple lives in a result of divorce and remarriage. Unrelated
single-family house with their
family members join to create a new
newborn son and the
husband's daughter from a household. Members of an extended family are
previous mar- riage. Based on kin or family members related by blood, such as
this information, what family grandparents, aunts, and uncles. A nuclear
form best describes this
family? family is
a traditional family with male and female partners
a. Married-blended family along with the children resulting from that union. A
b. Extended family same-sex family is a family with homosexual
c. Nuclear family partners who cohabit with or without children.
d. Same-sex family
2. 2. Which key factors play the most ANS: B
powerful role in the behaviors Beliefs and values are the most prevalent factors
of individuals and families? in the decision-making and problem-solving
behaviors of indi- viduals and families. This
a. Rituals and customs
prevalence is particularly true during times of
b. Beliefs and values
stress and illness. Although culture may play a
c. Boundaries and channels
part in the decision-making process of a family,
d. Socialization processes
ultimately, values and beliefs dictate the course
of action taken by family members. Boundaries
and channels af- fect the relationship between the
family members and the health care team, not
the decisions within the family. Socialization
3. Using the family stress processes may help families with interactions
theory as an interventional within the community, but they are not the
approach criteria used for decision making within the
family.
ANS: C
, Maternity by Lowdermilk & Perry: Chapter 2 Exam Questions & Answ
The family stress theory is concerned with the
family's
, Maternity by Lowdermilk & Perry: Chapter 2 Exam Questions & Answ
for working with families reaction to stressful events. Internal context
experi- encing parenting
challenges, the nurse can factors include elements that a family can control
assist the family in selecting such as psychologic de- fenses, family structure,
and altering internal context and philosophic beliefs and val- ues. The family
factors. Which statement stress theory focuses on ways that families react
to stressful events. Maturation of family members
best describes the components of is more relevant to the family life-cycle theory.
The family
an internal context? stress theory focuses on internal elements that a
family might be able to alter.
a. Biologic and genetic makeup
b. Maturation of family
members
c. Family's perception of
the event
d. Prevailing cultural beliefs of
so- ciety
4. The nurse is developing a plan ANS: C
of
care for a Hispanic client who just In the Hispanic family, the expectant mother is
strongly
delivered a newborn. Which 5.
cul- tural variation is most
important to include in the
care plan?
a. Breastfeeding is
encouraged immediately
after birth.
b. Male infants are typically
cir- cumcised.
c. Maternal grandmother
partici- pates in the care of
the mother and her infant.
d. Bathing is encouraged
immedi- ately after delivery.
, Maternity by Lowdermilk & Perry: Chapter 2 Exam Questions & Answ
influenced by her mother or mother-in-law.
Breastfeeding is often delayed until the third
postpartum day. Hispanic male infants are not
usually circumcised. Bathing after delivery is
most often delayed.
1. Chapter 2. Community Care:
The Family and Culture ANS: A
Married-blended families are formed as the
1. A married couple lives in a result of divorce and remarriage. Unrelated
single-family house with their
family members join to create a new
newborn son and the
husband's daughter from a household. Members of an extended family are
previous mar- riage. Based on kin or family members related by blood, such as
this information, what family grandparents, aunts, and uncles. A nuclear
form best describes this
family? family is
a traditional family with male and female partners
a. Married-blended family along with the children resulting from that union. A
b. Extended family same-sex family is a family with homosexual
c. Nuclear family partners who cohabit with or without children.
d. Same-sex family
2. 2. Which key factors play the most ANS: B
powerful role in the behaviors Beliefs and values are the most prevalent factors
of individuals and families? in the decision-making and problem-solving
behaviors of indi- viduals and families. This
a. Rituals and customs
prevalence is particularly true during times of
b. Beliefs and values
stress and illness. Although culture may play a
c. Boundaries and channels
part in the decision-making process of a family,
d. Socialization processes
ultimately, values and beliefs dictate the course
of action taken by family members. Boundaries
and channels af- fect the relationship between the
family members and the health care team, not
the decisions within the family. Socialization
3. Using the family stress processes may help families with interactions
theory as an interventional within the community, but they are not the
approach criteria used for decision making within the
family.
ANS: C
, Maternity by Lowdermilk & Perry: Chapter 2 Exam Questions & Answ
The family stress theory is concerned with the
family's
, Maternity by Lowdermilk & Perry: Chapter 2 Exam Questions & Answ
for working with families reaction to stressful events. Internal context
experi- encing parenting
challenges, the nurse can factors include elements that a family can control
assist the family in selecting such as psychologic de- fenses, family structure,
and altering internal context and philosophic beliefs and val- ues. The family
factors. Which statement stress theory focuses on ways that families react
to stressful events. Maturation of family members
best describes the components of is more relevant to the family life-cycle theory.
The family
an internal context? stress theory focuses on internal elements that a
family might be able to alter.
a. Biologic and genetic makeup
b. Maturation of family
members
c. Family's perception of
the event
d. Prevailing cultural beliefs of
so- ciety
4. The nurse is developing a plan ANS: C
of
care for a Hispanic client who just In the Hispanic family, the expectant mother is
strongly
delivered a newborn. Which 5.
cul- tural variation is most
important to include in the
care plan?
a. Breastfeeding is
encouraged immediately
after birth.
b. Male infants are typically
cir- cumcised.
c. Maternal grandmother
partici- pates in the care of
the mother and her infant.
d. Bathing is encouraged
immedi- ately after delivery.
, Maternity by Lowdermilk & Perry: Chapter 2 Exam Questions & Answ
influenced by her mother or mother-in-law.
Breastfeeding is often delayed until the third
postpartum day. Hispanic male infants are not
usually circumcised. Bathing after delivery is
most often delayed.
