Preparation/NSG 527 Final Practice Exam With Complete
Questions And Correct Answers| Brand New Version!
What is the purpose of family psychoeducation? - ans -- Helps improve knowledge
base of any type of illness
- Provides information about recovery stages
- Empowers problem-solving skills within the family
What does family psychoeducation NOT do? - ans -Does not advocate for any
vocational rehab
How does family meet the needs of society? - ans -Helps mediate between society
expectations and personal needs of the individual client
How does the family meet the needs of its members? - ans -Facilitates ongoing
development of the personality of each individual
Who is affected by a member of a family having issues/illness? - ans -The whole
family
How can the advanced practice nurse positively impact the family when treating a
member of the family with an illness? - ans -- Help promote healthy ways
- Identify other health issues other family members have
What are some major differences in gay and lesbian families? - ans --
Developmental stages can differ
- No one uniform family structure
- Increase in stigma
What is the significant difference between the 5 types of family nursing practice?
- ans -The conceptualization of the family
What are the three levels of prevention? - ans -1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
,What is primary prevention? - ans -Health promotion and disease prevention
What is secondary prevention? - ans -Early detection and treatment
What is tertiary prevention? - ans -Managing chronic illness, rehabilitation and
convalescence
Nurses care for the whole family unit in the home environment ? - ans -
Nightingale's Environmental Model
6 stages of health/illness and family interactions ?
- ans -1: Family Efforts at Health Promotion-Many lifestyles that affect health are
learned in the family.
2: Family Appraisal of Symptoms-This stage begins when a family member has
symptoms.
3: Care Seeking-A decision is made to seek medical care.
4: Referral and Obtaining Care-Contact with a health care provider is initiated.
5: Acute Response to Illness by Client and Family-The patient takes on the "sick
role" and adaptation in this role begins with the patient and family.
6: Adaptation to Illness and Recovery- Support of the patient by the family unit
begins for convalescing and rehabilitating.
The definition of family is determined ? - ans -"the family is composed of persons
joined together by bonds of marriage, blood, or adoption and residing in the same
household"
The American family today can be? - ans -Nuclear FamilyAdoptive Family
Dual- Earner Family
Childless Family
Foster Family
Extended Family
Single-Parent FamilySingle Adult Living Alone
Unmarried Teenage Mother
Stepparent Family
Binuclear Family
Nonmarital Heterosexual Cohabiting Family
, Gay and Lesbian Family
7 factors are revitalizing an interest in primary prevention?
- ans -1Need for a change in focus and national initiatives
2Consumerism and popular demand for increased self-control
3Wellness movement
4Growing acceptability of alternative health modalities
5Lack of access to health services
6Growing emphasis on health in advanced nursing practice
7Growth in managed care and cost-effective, quality outcomes
Structural-Functional Strength(s) for Family Nursing? - ans -Comprehensive and
recognizes the family within the context of the community
Family Social Science Theories Systems Theory ? - ans -The family as a set of
interacting elements distinguishable from the environment it interacts.
Family Stress Theory? - ans -Illness causing stress that changes family dynamics.
Resources in the family for dealing with the stressor(s).
Implications/reality of the event on families and how they will adapt.
Limited application for meeting needs of healthy families-health promotion and
disease prevention
Family Developmental Theory ? - ans -Explains the developmental changes of
family members through the years.
Provides the ability to make predictions of family needs according the life cycle
A genogram ? - ans -displays the family over three generations in a
straightforward schematic diagram.
Genograms contain the following categories? - ans -Ages
Dates of marriage, divorce, and death
Significant illnesses and mental disorders or chemical dependencies
Immigration/ethnicity