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Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing of Families
Multiple Choice:
1. The nurse reviews potential theories to use as a guide for providing care to a family in the
community. What should the nurse keep in mind as a major function of theory in family nursing?
1. Identifies a specific hypothesis
2. Answers “How?” or “Why?” questions
3. Examines how the concepts create a meaningful pattern
4. Improves nursing services provided to families
2. The nurse reviews a theory for applicability to a family health situation. On which part of the
theory should the nurse focus in order to understand the expected relationship between the
theory’s concepts?
1. System
2. Hypothesis
3. Propositions
4. Conceptual model
3. The nurse prepares to assess a family according to a family development theory. Which action
will the nurse complete first during this assessment?
1. Health of individual members
2. Employment status of the parents
3. Family structure and life cycle stages
4. Education status of the children
4. The nurse is struggling with using a developmental model when assessing a family new to a
community. Which data could explain the difficulty the nurse is having using this model?
1. The parental units are same-sexed.
2. The youngest son is beginning college.
3. The middle child is attending high school.
4. The oldest daughter has just gotten married.
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5. The nurse uses the bioecological system theory to assess a family. On which system should the
nurse focus to determine the impact of the mother’s change in employment?
1. Mesosystem
2. Exosystem
3. Microsystem
4. Macrosystem
6. The nurse reviews the bioecological system theory before discussing this approach with a
group of new graduate nurses. What should the nurse explain as the blueprint for the ecology of
human and family development?
1. There is no one system that can serve as a blueprint.
2. Macrosystems contain mesosystems and exosystems.
3. The microsystem sets the stage for all future development.
4. Sociohistorical conditions determine developmental progress.
7. The nurse works in an environment in which a family therapy theory serves as the model for
assessing and planning care. Which data should the nurse expect when assessing the family?
1. Pathology
2. Health problem
3. Illness treatment
4. Normal trajectory
Multiple Response:
8. The nurse selects the family systems theory as a guide for providing care to a family. Which
concept of this theory should the nurse use to maintain the stability of this family? Select all that
apply.
1. The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
2. All parts of the system are interconnected.
3. Families develop and change over time.
4. Systems can be organized into subsystems.
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5. There is a boundary between the system and the environment.
9. The nurse learns that the father of a family passed away at age 41. How should the nurse
classify this family event in relation to family development theory? Select all that apply.
1. On time
2. Off time
3. Normative
4. Conflicting
5. Nonnormative
10. The nurse prepares to employ the family systems theory to assess a family. Which actions
will the nurse complete during this assessment? Select all that apply.
1. Complete a family ecomap
2. Determine normative and nonnormative events
3. Complete a family genogram
4. Conduct family member care-planning sessions
5. Collect data on the family and individual members
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Family Health Care Nursing, 6e 2-1
Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing of Families
Multiple Choice:
1. The nurse reviews potential theories to use as a guide for providing care to a family in the
community. What should the nurse keep in mind as a major function of theory in family nursing?
1. Identifies a specific hypothesis
2. Answers “How?” or “Why?” questions
3. Examines how the concepts create a meaningful pattern
4. Improves nursing services provided to families
2. The nurse reviews a theory for applicability to a family health situation. On which part of the
theory should the nurse focus in order to understand the expected relationship between the
theory’s concepts?
1. System
2. Hypothesis
3. Propositions
4. Conceptual model
3. The nurse prepares to assess a family according to a family development theory. Which action
will the nurse complete first during this assessment?
1. Health of individual members
2. Employment status of the parents
3. Family structure and life cycle stages
4. Education status of the children
4. The nurse is struggling with using a developmental model when assessing a family new to a
community. Which data could explain the difficulty the nurse is having using this model?
1. The parental units are same-sexed.
2. The youngest son is beginning college.
3. The middle child is attending high school.
4. The oldest daughter has just gotten married.
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5. The nurse uses the bioecological system theory to assess a family. On which system should the
nurse focus to determine the impact of the mother’s change in employment?
1. Mesosystem
2. Exosystem
3. Microsystem
4. Macrosystem
6. The nurse reviews the bioecological system theory before discussing this approach with a
group of new graduate nurses. What should the nurse explain as the blueprint for the ecology of
human and family development?
1. There is no one system that can serve as a blueprint.
2. Macrosystems contain mesosystems and exosystems.
3. The microsystem sets the stage for all future development.
4. Sociohistorical conditions determine developmental progress.
7. The nurse works in an environment in which a family therapy theory serves as the model for
assessing and planning care. Which data should the nurse expect when assessing the family?
1. Pathology
2. Health problem
3. Illness treatment
4. Normal trajectory
Multiple Response:
8. The nurse selects the family systems theory as a guide for providing care to a family. Which
concept of this theory should the nurse use to maintain the stability of this family? Select all that
apply.
1. The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
2. All parts of the system are interconnected.
3. Families develop and change over time.
4. Systems can be organized into subsystems.
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5. There is a boundary between the system and the environment.
9. The nurse learns that the father of a family passed away at age 41. How should the nurse
classify this family event in relation to family development theory? Select all that apply.
1. On time
2. Off time
3. Normative
4. Conflicting
5. Nonnormative
10. The nurse prepares to employ the family systems theory to assess a family. Which actions
will the nurse complete during this assessment? Select all that apply.
1. Complete a family ecomap
2. Determine normative and nonnormative events
3. Complete a family genogram
4. Conduct family member care-planning sessions
5. Collect data on the family and individual members
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