NURS 5434 FAMILY III FINAL
CERTIFICATION TEST PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION GUIDE
●● What is family?
Answer: 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
Answer: relationships through blood ties, adoption, guardianship or
marriage
●● Biological Definition of Family
Answer: Genetic biological networks among and between people. Who
is biologically connected to that family member? Epidemiology,
hereditary disease.
●● Sociological Definition of Family
Answer: Groups of people living together with or without legal or
biological ties I.e Kibbutz
,●● Psychological Definition of Family
Answer: 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
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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?
Answer: Balanced flexibility and balance cohesion
●● Family Nursing Competences: Generalist
Answer: 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?
CERTIFICATION TEST PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION GUIDE
●● What is family?
Answer: 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
Answer: relationships through blood ties, adoption, guardianship or
marriage
●● Biological Definition of Family
Answer: Genetic biological networks among and between people. Who
is biologically connected to that family member? Epidemiology,
hereditary disease.
●● Sociological Definition of Family
Answer: Groups of people living together with or without legal or
biological ties I.e Kibbutz
,●● Psychological Definition of Family
Answer: 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
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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?
Answer: Balanced flexibility and balance cohesion
●● Family Nursing Competences: Generalist
Answer: 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?
