NURS 5433 FNP II Midterm
Exam. Family Nursing | UTA
Exam Study Guide – Practice
Questions with Answers.
GRADED A+. Updated 2026
What are the three foundational components of family nursing? - ANS✔✔-1.
Determining how the family is defined
2. Understanding the concepts of family health
3. Knowing the current evidence about the elements of a health family
What is family? - ANS✔✔-Family life is a universal human experience and no
two individuals have the exact same experience within a family. No universally
agreed-upon definition of family.
Legal Definition of Family - ANS✔✔-relationships through blood ties, adoption,
guardianship or marriage
Biological Definition of Family - ANS✔✔-Genetic biological networks among
and between people. Who is biologically connected to that family member?
Epidemiology, hereditary disease.
,Sociological Definition of Family - ANS✔✔-Groups of people living together
with or without legal or biological ties I.e Kibbutz
Psychological Definition of Family - ANS✔✔-Groups with strong emotional ties.
People that want to be together are really connected emotionally so they end
up staying with each other.
The textbooks definition of family - ANS✔✔-Family refers to two or more
individuals who depend on one another for emotional, physical, and economic
support. The members of the family are self-defined. Family is who they say
they are, nurses who work with families should ask clients who they consider
to be members of their family and should include those persons in health care
planning with the patient's permission.
What is family health? - ANS✔✔-Family health is a dynamic, changing state of
well-being, which includes the biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological,
and cultural factors of individual family members and the family system.
- an individual's health (on wellness-to-illness contunuum) affects the entire
family
-ensure you are looking at the whole perspective
What is family functioning? - ANS✔✔-Difficult to describe characteristics of a
family that is well-functioning.
Otto (1963) -first scholar to develop psychosocial criteria for assessing family
strengths, and emphasized the need to focus on positive family attributes
instead of pathological approach that accentuated family problems and
weaknesses.
,Pratt 1976 -energized family: as one whose structure encourages and supports
individual to develop their capacities for full functioning and independent
action, thus contributing to family health.
Curran's Traits (1985) of a Healthy Family - ANS✔✔-Communicates and Listens
Fosters table time and conversation
Affirms and supports each member
Teaches respect for others
Develops a sense of trust
Has a sense of play and humor
Has a balance of interaction among members
Shares leisure time
Abounds to rituals and traditions
Teaches a sense of right and wrong
Shares a religious core
Respects the privacy of others
Values service to others
Admits to problems and seeks help
Family Flexibility - ANS✔✔-Olson and Gorall (2005) conducted a study and
found that the ability of the family to demonstrate flexibility is related to its
ability to alter family leadership roles, relationships, and rules, including
control, discipline, and role sharing. Functional, healthy families have the ability
to change these factors in response to situations.
What are the dominant patterns of family functioning? - ANS✔✔-Balanced
flexibility and balance cohesion
, Family Nursing Competences: Generalist - ANS✔✔-1. Enhance and promote
family health
2. focus nursing practice on family's strengths, the support of family and
individual growth, the improvement of family self-management abilities, the
facilitation of successful life transitions, the improvement and management of
health, and the mobilization of family resources.
3. Demonstrate leadership and systems thinking skills to ensure the quality of
nursing care with families in everyday practice and across every content.
4. Practice using evidence-based practice
What are the four views of family through a lens? - ANS✔✔-Systems
Component
Context
Client
Family as Context - ANS✔✔-Family centered, family focused,
The first approach to family nursing focuses on the ax and care of an individual
client in which family is context.
Traditional nursing focus, individual is foreground, family background. The
family serves as a context for the individual as either a resource or stressor to
the individual health or illness. This approach is rooted in the speciality of
maternal-child nursing and underlies the philosophy of many maternity and
peds health care settings.
Family as Client - ANS✔✔-The family nurse is interested in the way all family
members are individually affected by the health event of one family member.
In this approach, all members of the family are in the foreground. The family is
Exam. Family Nursing | UTA
Exam Study Guide – Practice
Questions with Answers.
GRADED A+. Updated 2026
What are the three foundational components of family nursing? - ANS✔✔-1.
Determining how the family is defined
2. Understanding the concepts of family health
3. Knowing the current evidence about the elements of a health family
What is family? - ANS✔✔-Family life is a universal human experience and no
two individuals have the exact same experience within a family. No universally
agreed-upon definition of family.
Legal Definition of Family - ANS✔✔-relationships through blood ties, adoption,
guardianship or marriage
Biological Definition of Family - ANS✔✔-Genetic biological networks among
and between people. Who is biologically connected to that family member?
Epidemiology, hereditary disease.
,Sociological Definition of Family - ANS✔✔-Groups of people living together
with or without legal or biological ties I.e Kibbutz
Psychological Definition of Family - ANS✔✔-Groups with strong emotional ties.
People that want to be together are really connected emotionally so they end
up staying with each other.
The textbooks definition of family - ANS✔✔-Family refers to two or more
individuals who depend on one another for emotional, physical, and economic
support. The members of the family are self-defined. Family is who they say
they are, nurses who work with families should ask clients who they consider
to be members of their family and should include those persons in health care
planning with the patient's permission.
What is family health? - ANS✔✔-Family health is a dynamic, changing state of
well-being, which includes the biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological,
and cultural factors of individual family members and the family system.
- an individual's health (on wellness-to-illness contunuum) affects the entire
family
-ensure you are looking at the whole perspective
What is family functioning? - ANS✔✔-Difficult to describe characteristics of a
family that is well-functioning.
Otto (1963) -first scholar to develop psychosocial criteria for assessing family
strengths, and emphasized the need to focus on positive family attributes
instead of pathological approach that accentuated family problems and
weaknesses.
,Pratt 1976 -energized family: as one whose structure encourages and supports
individual to develop their capacities for full functioning and independent
action, thus contributing to family health.
Curran's Traits (1985) of a Healthy Family - ANS✔✔-Communicates and Listens
Fosters table time and conversation
Affirms and supports each member
Teaches respect for others
Develops a sense of trust
Has a sense of play and humor
Has a balance of interaction among members
Shares leisure time
Abounds to rituals and traditions
Teaches a sense of right and wrong
Shares a religious core
Respects the privacy of others
Values service to others
Admits to problems and seeks help
Family Flexibility - ANS✔✔-Olson and Gorall (2005) conducted a study and
found that the ability of the family to demonstrate flexibility is related to its
ability to alter family leadership roles, relationships, and rules, including
control, discipline, and role sharing. Functional, healthy families have the ability
to change these factors in response to situations.
What are the dominant patterns of family functioning? - ANS✔✔-Balanced
flexibility and balance cohesion
, Family Nursing Competences: Generalist - ANS✔✔-1. Enhance and promote
family health
2. focus nursing practice on family's strengths, the support of family and
individual growth, the improvement of family self-management abilities, the
facilitation of successful life transitions, the improvement and management of
health, and the mobilization of family resources.
3. Demonstrate leadership and systems thinking skills to ensure the quality of
nursing care with families in everyday practice and across every content.
4. Practice using evidence-based practice
What are the four views of family through a lens? - ANS✔✔-Systems
Component
Context
Client
Family as Context - ANS✔✔-Family centered, family focused,
The first approach to family nursing focuses on the ax and care of an individual
client in which family is context.
Traditional nursing focus, individual is foreground, family background. The
family serves as a context for the individual as either a resource or stressor to
the individual health or illness. This approach is rooted in the speciality of
maternal-child nursing and underlies the philosophy of many maternity and
peds health care settings.
Family as Client - ANS✔✔-The family nurse is interested in the way all family
members are individually affected by the health event of one family member.
In this approach, all members of the family are in the foreground. The family is
