NSG 527 FINAL EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT SOLUTIONS|
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1. Norms: Patterns of behavior considered "right in a given society"
2. Family role in society: Serves as a mediator between society expectations and individual needs 3. Family
role to meet the needs of its members: serves as a facilitator of personality development
4. Gay/lesbian families vs Cohabitating heterosexual couples: -No uniform or normative family structure -Increase
stigmatization
-Developmental stages can differ considerably between the two
5. Primary prevention: health promotion and disease prevention
6. Secondary prevention: early detection and treatment
7. Tertiary prevention: -management of chronic illness
-rehabilitation and convalescence
8. Florence Nightingale: -Environmental factors
-Home health nursing
-Clean air
9. Dorothy Orem: -The family unit must sustain self care
-nursing works with individuals to achieve self care in the family
-the family is a basic conditioning unit
10. APRN working with families: -family is affected by the health problems of its members
-healthy functioning of the whole family positively affects each family member
-helps discover health problems that other family members are having
,11. 5 types of family nurse practice: conceptualization of the family is a major difference between the types
12. APRN involving families: -important to find out "how have you resolved prior issues"
-"what coping strategies have you used?"
-encourage discussion about possible solutions
-bring the family together
-NEVER dictate that they need to follow the prescribed treatment plan - empower, don't put on defensive, allow input
13. Working with families from different cultures: -recognize the origins of ones values/biases and why you hold them -
less judgmental approach
14 Cultural ignorance and insensitivity results in: -poor communication
-stigmatization
-inadequate assessment
15. Working with the patient vs family: with the family, you can do a full assessment, your evaluation and
treatment have a greater scope because it involves all the family members - broader treatment approach
16. Assessing family to make changes: -considers that changes are situationally determined
-clients perception of the problem is critical in considering change
ie: if a person does not think they have an issue, its going to be hard to have them incorporate any type of change 17.
Stress theory: focus on the familys response to crisis, resources, and perceptions of a situation
18. Developmental approach: looks at the family progression through its lifecycles with predictable stages, tasks,
and issues
19. Structural family approach: comprehensive, holistic, preceptive assessing the family and family universe (inner
and outer environments)
, 20. The family lifecycles: commonly experienced events of the family as a unit through its existence 21. Family
Role Structure: -a most functional way of maintaining equilibrium in a family in the face of change is by use of role
flexibility
-when a family member is ill, the functional way to handle the situation is to leave the roles unfulfilled until he or she
returns
22. Typology of family power: -Autocratic
-Syncratic
-Autonomic
23. The most outstanding contemporary trend relative to family power: the rise of egalitarian, democratic family
24. Informal roles: vital to the family because through the assumption of informal roles, family homeostasis is
maintained, and individual socio-emotional needs are met
25. Social Class Determinant: Three ways in which we identify social class
-Occupation (MOST IMPORTANT)
-Income
-Education - ranked highest in the process of analysis for determining health status outcomes
26. Family Values: -Values are defined as a system of ideas and beliefs that bind families together -values serve as
general guidance to behavior the family is the basic transmitter of values
27 Sources of family value conflicts: -generational differences
-social class differences
-personal differences
28. Systems: -A system is defined as a unit with distinct parts and boundaries, extending over a period of time with
some identified purposes
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1. Norms: Patterns of behavior considered "right in a given society"
2. Family role in society: Serves as a mediator between society expectations and individual needs 3. Family
role to meet the needs of its members: serves as a facilitator of personality development
4. Gay/lesbian families vs Cohabitating heterosexual couples: -No uniform or normative family structure -Increase
stigmatization
-Developmental stages can differ considerably between the two
5. Primary prevention: health promotion and disease prevention
6. Secondary prevention: early detection and treatment
7. Tertiary prevention: -management of chronic illness
-rehabilitation and convalescence
8. Florence Nightingale: -Environmental factors
-Home health nursing
-Clean air
9. Dorothy Orem: -The family unit must sustain self care
-nursing works with individuals to achieve self care in the family
-the family is a basic conditioning unit
10. APRN working with families: -family is affected by the health problems of its members
-healthy functioning of the whole family positively affects each family member
-helps discover health problems that other family members are having
,11. 5 types of family nurse practice: conceptualization of the family is a major difference between the types
12. APRN involving families: -important to find out "how have you resolved prior issues"
-"what coping strategies have you used?"
-encourage discussion about possible solutions
-bring the family together
-NEVER dictate that they need to follow the prescribed treatment plan - empower, don't put on defensive, allow input
13. Working with families from different cultures: -recognize the origins of ones values/biases and why you hold them -
less judgmental approach
14 Cultural ignorance and insensitivity results in: -poor communication
-stigmatization
-inadequate assessment
15. Working with the patient vs family: with the family, you can do a full assessment, your evaluation and
treatment have a greater scope because it involves all the family members - broader treatment approach
16. Assessing family to make changes: -considers that changes are situationally determined
-clients perception of the problem is critical in considering change
ie: if a person does not think they have an issue, its going to be hard to have them incorporate any type of change 17.
Stress theory: focus on the familys response to crisis, resources, and perceptions of a situation
18. Developmental approach: looks at the family progression through its lifecycles with predictable stages, tasks,
and issues
19. Structural family approach: comprehensive, holistic, preceptive assessing the family and family universe (inner
and outer environments)
, 20. The family lifecycles: commonly experienced events of the family as a unit through its existence 21. Family
Role Structure: -a most functional way of maintaining equilibrium in a family in the face of change is by use of role
flexibility
-when a family member is ill, the functional way to handle the situation is to leave the roles unfulfilled until he or she
returns
22. Typology of family power: -Autocratic
-Syncratic
-Autonomic
23. The most outstanding contemporary trend relative to family power: the rise of egalitarian, democratic family
24. Informal roles: vital to the family because through the assumption of informal roles, family homeostasis is
maintained, and individual socio-emotional needs are met
25. Social Class Determinant: Three ways in which we identify social class
-Occupation (MOST IMPORTANT)
-Income
-Education - ranked highest in the process of analysis for determining health status outcomes
26. Family Values: -Values are defined as a system of ideas and beliefs that bind families together -values serve as
general guidance to behavior the family is the basic transmitter of values
27 Sources of family value conflicts: -generational differences
-social class differences
-personal differences
28. Systems: -A system is defined as a unit with distinct parts and boundaries, extending over a period of time with
some identified purposes
