Final Exam) Questions & Answers: 100% Verified: NSG
527 :NSG 527 Theory
What is the purpose of family psychoeducation? - ANSWER:- 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? - ANSWER:Does not advocate for any vocational rehab
How does family meet the needs of society? - ANSWER:Helps mediate between society expectations and
personal needs of the individual client
How does the family meet the needs of its members? - ANSWER:Facilitates ongoing development of the
personality of each individual
Who is affected by a member of a family having issues/illness? - ANSWER:The whole family
How can the advanced practice nurse positively impact the family when treating a member of the family
with an illness? - ANSWER:- Help promote healthy ways
- Identify other health issues other family members have
What are some major differences in gay and lesbian families? - ANSWER:- 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? - ANSWER:The
conceptualization of the family
What are the three levels of prevention? - ANSWER:1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
What is primary prevention? - ANSWER:Health promotion and disease prevention
What is secondary prevention? - ANSWER:Early detection and treatment
What is tertiary prevention? - ANSWER:Managing chronic illness, rehabilitation and convalescence
In what two specific areas does the American Nurses Association incorporate the family as a client? -
ANSWER:1. Community health nursing
, 2. Pediatric nursing
Who believed that the family is the basic conditioning unit? - ANSWER:Dorothy Orem
Who believed in clean air, environmental factors, and home health nursing? - ANSWER:Florence
Nightingale
What is stress theory? - ANSWER:Emphasizes a family's response to/ how they manage a crisis, including
resources they possess and those that are available to them, as well as their own perception of the
crisis/situation
What is the developmental approach? - ANSWER:The family's progression through different stages of
tasks or issues through the lifecycle
What is the structural-functional approach? - ANSWER:A holistic, comprehensive approach that
incorporates not only the family, but their inner and outer environments/universe
What is the family lifecycle career? - ANSWER:Successive areas of stages of experiences of a family as a
unit
What is a system? - ANSWER:A unit with distinct parts; a family
What is an open family system? - ANSWER:Involves more open boundaries and greater energy use.
Family differentiation does not occur if the system divides into smaller units
What is system theory? - ANSWER:Discusses self-regulation and balance
What is synonymous with balance? - ANSWER:Homeostasis, steady state, and equilibrium
What is a family system? - ANSWER:An open social system that is organized and has a specific purpose.
It is not a dynamic system that has little area for change
What is a closed family system? - ANSWER:Involves greater control and structure. Rigid, stagnated, and
view change as threatening. View outsiders as not helpful or good.
What is a random family system? - ANSWER:Sets their own rules and schedules
What is ambivalent attachment? - ANSWER:Fear of abandonment, need constant reassurance,
constantly checking to see if their caregiver is around, and do not like to be separated
What is disorganized attachment? - ANSWER:A lot of emotional trauma as a child, lived in chronic fear,
abused or severely neglected. Might end up dating someone who is abusive or end up the abuser
What is the difference in working with a whole family verses just one patient? - ANSWER:When working
with the family you can do a full assessment, and your evaluation and your treatment has a greater
scope because it involves the whole family. Your whole assessment, treatment plan and evaluation will
be much broarder
What are the principles of recovery? - ANSWER:Recovery:
- emerges from hope
527 :NSG 527 Theory
What is the purpose of family psychoeducation? - ANSWER:- 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? - ANSWER:Does not advocate for any vocational rehab
How does family meet the needs of society? - ANSWER:Helps mediate between society expectations and
personal needs of the individual client
How does the family meet the needs of its members? - ANSWER:Facilitates ongoing development of the
personality of each individual
Who is affected by a member of a family having issues/illness? - ANSWER:The whole family
How can the advanced practice nurse positively impact the family when treating a member of the family
with an illness? - ANSWER:- Help promote healthy ways
- Identify other health issues other family members have
What are some major differences in gay and lesbian families? - ANSWER:- 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? - ANSWER:The
conceptualization of the family
What are the three levels of prevention? - ANSWER:1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
What is primary prevention? - ANSWER:Health promotion and disease prevention
What is secondary prevention? - ANSWER:Early detection and treatment
What is tertiary prevention? - ANSWER:Managing chronic illness, rehabilitation and convalescence
In what two specific areas does the American Nurses Association incorporate the family as a client? -
ANSWER:1. Community health nursing
, 2. Pediatric nursing
Who believed that the family is the basic conditioning unit? - ANSWER:Dorothy Orem
Who believed in clean air, environmental factors, and home health nursing? - ANSWER:Florence
Nightingale
What is stress theory? - ANSWER:Emphasizes a family's response to/ how they manage a crisis, including
resources they possess and those that are available to them, as well as their own perception of the
crisis/situation
What is the developmental approach? - ANSWER:The family's progression through different stages of
tasks or issues through the lifecycle
What is the structural-functional approach? - ANSWER:A holistic, comprehensive approach that
incorporates not only the family, but their inner and outer environments/universe
What is the family lifecycle career? - ANSWER:Successive areas of stages of experiences of a family as a
unit
What is a system? - ANSWER:A unit with distinct parts; a family
What is an open family system? - ANSWER:Involves more open boundaries and greater energy use.
Family differentiation does not occur if the system divides into smaller units
What is system theory? - ANSWER:Discusses self-regulation and balance
What is synonymous with balance? - ANSWER:Homeostasis, steady state, and equilibrium
What is a family system? - ANSWER:An open social system that is organized and has a specific purpose.
It is not a dynamic system that has little area for change
What is a closed family system? - ANSWER:Involves greater control and structure. Rigid, stagnated, and
view change as threatening. View outsiders as not helpful or good.
What is a random family system? - ANSWER:Sets their own rules and schedules
What is ambivalent attachment? - ANSWER:Fear of abandonment, need constant reassurance,
constantly checking to see if their caregiver is around, and do not like to be separated
What is disorganized attachment? - ANSWER:A lot of emotional trauma as a child, lived in chronic fear,
abused or severely neglected. Might end up dating someone who is abusive or end up the abuser
What is the difference in working with a whole family verses just one patient? - ANSWER:When working
with the family you can do a full assessment, and your evaluation and your treatment has a greater
scope because it involves the whole family. Your whole assessment, treatment plan and evaluation will
be much broarder
What are the principles of recovery? - ANSWER:Recovery:
- emerges from hope
