NURS 3016 REVIEW TEST EXAM PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Four Types of Conflict in Families - ✔✔1. Criticism
Involves personal attacks or negative judgments about a family member's character or
behavior.
Focuses on attacking the person, not addressing the problem.
2. Contempt
Involves disrespectful or hostile comments that create distrust or emotional distance.
Often erodes trust and intimacy within the family.
3. Defensiveness
Occurs when family members blame each other or make excuses instead of addressing
the issue.
Prevents problem-solving and open communication.
4. Walling (Stonewalling)
Occurs when a family member withdraws or refuses to discuss a situation.
Can halt communication and increase tension in the family.
Criticism: Personal attacks.
Contempt: Disrespect and distrust.
Defensiveness: Blame and excuses.
Walling: Avoidance or refusal to communicate.
,✔✔Which type of conflict is the worst type? - ✔✔Contempt
✔✔Neuman's systems model - ✔✔Viewed family as a system and their primary goal is
to maintain stability by preserving the integrity of its structure by opening and closing its
boundaries
✔✔Circumplex Model of Family Functioning - ✔✔A theoretical model that illustrates the
balance between functional and dysfunctional family systems.
✔✔Five Family Functions - ✔✔1. Reproductive: Having and raising children.
2. Socialization: Teaching values, norms, and behaviors.
3. Affective: Providing love, support, and security.
4. Economic: Providing financial resources and basic needs.
5. Health Care: Maintaining health and caring for sick members.
✔✔Five Family Processes - ✔✔1. Coping: How families manage stress and challenges.
2. Roles: Responsibilities and expected behaviors of each member.
3. Communication: Sharing information, feelings, and needs.
4. Decision Making: How choices are made within the family.
5. Rituals and Routines: Regular patterns and traditions that provide structure and
meaning.
✔✔Variations of Household Structure - ✔✔Nuclear Dyad: Married or partnered couple,
no children.
Nuclear Family: Married or cohabiting couple with children.
Binuclear Family: Two post-divorce families, children from previous relationships.
Extended Family: Nuclear family plus extended relatives (grandparents, aunts/uncles).
Blended Family: Couple with children from past relationships.
Single-Parent Family: One parent raising children.
Commune: Group of men, women, and children living together.
Cohabitation: Unmarried couple living together, may or may not have children.
Homosexual Family: Same-sex couple, may have children.
Single-Person Household: Individual living alone.
✔✔Nuclear Dyad - ✔✔Married or partnered couple, no children.
, ✔✔Nuclear Family - ✔✔Married or cohabiting couple with children.
✔✔Binuclear Family - ✔✔Two post-divorce families, children from previous
relationships.
✔✔Extended Family - ✔✔Nuclear family plus extended relatives (grandparents,
aunts/uncles).
✔✔Blended Family - ✔✔Couple with children from past relationships.
✔✔Single-Parent Family - ✔✔One parent raising children.
✔✔Commune - ✔✔Group of men, women, and children living together.
✔✔Cohabitation - ✔✔Unmarried couple living together, may or may not have children.
✔✔Homosexual Family - ✔✔Same-sex couple, may have children.
✔✔Single-Person Household - ✔✔Individual living alone.
✔✔Concepts of Change Theory - ✔✔1. Perception of the Problem: Change depends on
how the family views and understands the problem.
2. Structure: Family structure (roles, rules, relationships) influences ability to change.
3. Context: Change is shaped by the environment and situation in which the family
exists.
4.Co-evolving Goals: Change depends on shared goals for treatment or intervention.
5. Understanding ≠ Change: Simply understanding a problem does not guarantee
behavior change.
6. Unequal Change: Not all family members change at the same pace or degree.
7. Nurse's Role: Facilitating change is a key nursing responsibility.
8. Fit/Meshing: Change occurs when therapeutic strategies align with the family's
biopsychosocial-spiritual structures.
9. Multiple Causes: Change can result from various internal or external factors.
✔✔Microsystem - ✔✔The microsystem is the closest level of influence on an individual.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Four Types of Conflict in Families - ✔✔1. Criticism
Involves personal attacks or negative judgments about a family member's character or
behavior.
Focuses on attacking the person, not addressing the problem.
2. Contempt
Involves disrespectful or hostile comments that create distrust or emotional distance.
Often erodes trust and intimacy within the family.
3. Defensiveness
Occurs when family members blame each other or make excuses instead of addressing
the issue.
Prevents problem-solving and open communication.
4. Walling (Stonewalling)
Occurs when a family member withdraws or refuses to discuss a situation.
Can halt communication and increase tension in the family.
Criticism: Personal attacks.
Contempt: Disrespect and distrust.
Defensiveness: Blame and excuses.
Walling: Avoidance or refusal to communicate.
,✔✔Which type of conflict is the worst type? - ✔✔Contempt
✔✔Neuman's systems model - ✔✔Viewed family as a system and their primary goal is
to maintain stability by preserving the integrity of its structure by opening and closing its
boundaries
✔✔Circumplex Model of Family Functioning - ✔✔A theoretical model that illustrates the
balance between functional and dysfunctional family systems.
✔✔Five Family Functions - ✔✔1. Reproductive: Having and raising children.
2. Socialization: Teaching values, norms, and behaviors.
3. Affective: Providing love, support, and security.
4. Economic: Providing financial resources and basic needs.
5. Health Care: Maintaining health and caring for sick members.
✔✔Five Family Processes - ✔✔1. Coping: How families manage stress and challenges.
2. Roles: Responsibilities and expected behaviors of each member.
3. Communication: Sharing information, feelings, and needs.
4. Decision Making: How choices are made within the family.
5. Rituals and Routines: Regular patterns and traditions that provide structure and
meaning.
✔✔Variations of Household Structure - ✔✔Nuclear Dyad: Married or partnered couple,
no children.
Nuclear Family: Married or cohabiting couple with children.
Binuclear Family: Two post-divorce families, children from previous relationships.
Extended Family: Nuclear family plus extended relatives (grandparents, aunts/uncles).
Blended Family: Couple with children from past relationships.
Single-Parent Family: One parent raising children.
Commune: Group of men, women, and children living together.
Cohabitation: Unmarried couple living together, may or may not have children.
Homosexual Family: Same-sex couple, may have children.
Single-Person Household: Individual living alone.
✔✔Nuclear Dyad - ✔✔Married or partnered couple, no children.
, ✔✔Nuclear Family - ✔✔Married or cohabiting couple with children.
✔✔Binuclear Family - ✔✔Two post-divorce families, children from previous
relationships.
✔✔Extended Family - ✔✔Nuclear family plus extended relatives (grandparents,
aunts/uncles).
✔✔Blended Family - ✔✔Couple with children from past relationships.
✔✔Single-Parent Family - ✔✔One parent raising children.
✔✔Commune - ✔✔Group of men, women, and children living together.
✔✔Cohabitation - ✔✔Unmarried couple living together, may or may not have children.
✔✔Homosexual Family - ✔✔Same-sex couple, may have children.
✔✔Single-Person Household - ✔✔Individual living alone.
✔✔Concepts of Change Theory - ✔✔1. Perception of the Problem: Change depends on
how the family views and understands the problem.
2. Structure: Family structure (roles, rules, relationships) influences ability to change.
3. Context: Change is shaped by the environment and situation in which the family
exists.
4.Co-evolving Goals: Change depends on shared goals for treatment or intervention.
5. Understanding ≠ Change: Simply understanding a problem does not guarantee
behavior change.
6. Unequal Change: Not all family members change at the same pace or degree.
7. Nurse's Role: Facilitating change is a key nursing responsibility.
8. Fit/Meshing: Change occurs when therapeutic strategies align with the family's
biopsychosocial-spiritual structures.
9. Multiple Causes: Change can result from various internal or external factors.
✔✔Microsystem - ✔✔The microsystem is the closest level of influence on an individual.
