Test Bank for Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice, and
Research, 7th Edition by Robinson, Padgett Coehlo, and Smith
, Chapter 1: Family Health Care Nursing: An Introduction
Multiple Choice
1. A nurse is moving to a unit focused on family nursing practice. What should the nurse
understand about this approach?
a. Interventions in family care address future plans for the family.
b. Family members must be present before family care can begin.
c. Resources should focus on the ill member most likely to recover.
d. The nurse and the family together define who belongs to the family and where therapeutic energy
should be placed.
Answer: d
The nurse and family together define family membership and focus therapeutic energy accordingly.
Feedback: Family nursing supports a framework where the family and nurse jointly decide who is
considered part of the family and where to direct care.
2. A nurse discovers that a client was previously married and is raising children from their spouse’s
previous marriage. How should the nurse document this family type?
a. Extended
b. Cohabitation
c. Nuclear dyad
d. Reconstituted
Answer: d
A reconstituted (blended) family includes one or more parents who bring children from previous
relationships into a new household.
Feedback: A blended or reconstituted family involves remarriage with children from earlier unions.
, 3. While preparing an in-service program on family nursing for new graduates, which definition of
family should the nurse present?
a. Family members are self-defined
b. People who share strong emotional ties
c. Defined by blood, adoption, and marriage
d. A group living together with or without legal or biological ties
Answer: a
The definition of family that is most inclusive is one in which members define themselves.
Feedback: Self-definition of family is the broadest and most relevant in family nursing practice.
4. The nurse is assessing a client whose family serves as a resource for their care. Which approach
to family nursing is being used?
a. Family as client
b. Family as system
c. Family as context
d. Family as part of society
Answer: c
Family as context focuses on the client while viewing the family as either supportive or stressful.
Feedback: In this approach, the client is the focus, with the family supporting or influencing the
individual’s health.
5. During a home visit, the nurse teaches the client and family how to prevent the spread of
infection between members. Which role is being performed?
, a. Counselor
b. Care deliverer
c. Health teacher
d. Family advocate
Answer: c
The nurse teaches families about preventing illness and promoting health.
Feedback: Education about health and wellness is a core role of the family nurse as a teacher.
6. The nurse stays with a client during their first chemotherapy treatment until family arrives.
Which nursing role is demonstrated?
a. Surrogate
b. Researcher
c. Role model
d. Case manager
Answer: a
Acting as a substitute for the family shows the surrogate role.
Feedback: Temporarily taking the place of family members is part of the surrogate role in family-
centered care.
7. If the spouse of a client with complex care needs cannot attend a 2 p.m. care conference, what
should the nurse do?
a. Have the client attend instead of the spouse
b. Reschedule for when the spouse is available
Research, 7th Edition by Robinson, Padgett Coehlo, and Smith
, Chapter 1: Family Health Care Nursing: An Introduction
Multiple Choice
1. A nurse is moving to a unit focused on family nursing practice. What should the nurse
understand about this approach?
a. Interventions in family care address future plans for the family.
b. Family members must be present before family care can begin.
c. Resources should focus on the ill member most likely to recover.
d. The nurse and the family together define who belongs to the family and where therapeutic energy
should be placed.
Answer: d
The nurse and family together define family membership and focus therapeutic energy accordingly.
Feedback: Family nursing supports a framework where the family and nurse jointly decide who is
considered part of the family and where to direct care.
2. A nurse discovers that a client was previously married and is raising children from their spouse’s
previous marriage. How should the nurse document this family type?
a. Extended
b. Cohabitation
c. Nuclear dyad
d. Reconstituted
Answer: d
A reconstituted (blended) family includes one or more parents who bring children from previous
relationships into a new household.
Feedback: A blended or reconstituted family involves remarriage with children from earlier unions.
, 3. While preparing an in-service program on family nursing for new graduates, which definition of
family should the nurse present?
a. Family members are self-defined
b. People who share strong emotional ties
c. Defined by blood, adoption, and marriage
d. A group living together with or without legal or biological ties
Answer: a
The definition of family that is most inclusive is one in which members define themselves.
Feedback: Self-definition of family is the broadest and most relevant in family nursing practice.
4. The nurse is assessing a client whose family serves as a resource for their care. Which approach
to family nursing is being used?
a. Family as client
b. Family as system
c. Family as context
d. Family as part of society
Answer: c
Family as context focuses on the client while viewing the family as either supportive or stressful.
Feedback: In this approach, the client is the focus, with the family supporting or influencing the
individual’s health.
5. During a home visit, the nurse teaches the client and family how to prevent the spread of
infection between members. Which role is being performed?
, a. Counselor
b. Care deliverer
c. Health teacher
d. Family advocate
Answer: c
The nurse teaches families about preventing illness and promoting health.
Feedback: Education about health and wellness is a core role of the family nurse as a teacher.
6. The nurse stays with a client during their first chemotherapy treatment until family arrives.
Which nursing role is demonstrated?
a. Surrogate
b. Researcher
c. Role model
d. Case manager
Answer: a
Acting as a substitute for the family shows the surrogate role.
Feedback: Temporarily taking the place of family members is part of the surrogate role in family-
centered care.
7. If the spouse of a client with complex care needs cannot attend a 2 p.m. care conference, what
should the nurse do?
a. Have the client attend instead of the spouse
b. Reschedule for when the spouse is available
