TEST BANK AND INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE FOR FAMILY HEALTH CARE NURSING: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH BY ROWE KAAKINEN, 5TH EDITION

Instructor's Guide For Family Health Care Nursing: Theory,
Practice, And Research By Rowe Kaakinen,
5th Edition

, Introduction To The Instructor’s Guide

Author: Deborah Padgett Coehlo, Phd, RN

Contributors: Diane Bauer, MS, RN; Kari Firestone, RN, MSN; Kathleen Bell, RN, MSN, CNM,

AHN-BC; Jane Palmieri, MSN, RN

This Instructor’s Guide Is Designed To Provide Strategies For Teaching Family Nursing

To Undergraduate And Graduate Nursing Students, And To Already Practicing Professional

Nurses Who Are Learning To Be More Family Focused In Their Nursing Care. The Editors Of

This Textbook And Instructor’s Guide Believe That The Best Nurses Are Those Who Expand

Their Scientific Knowledge Through Creative And Reflective Thought, Behavior, And

Experiences Using Evidence-Based Practices. The Authors Of The Family Health Care Nursing:

Theory, Practice And Research, Fifth Edition, Instructor’s Guide Utilize The University Of

British Columbia (UBC) Model Of Teaching (Thorne, Chillings, Ellis, & Perry, 1992), Which

Incorporates Activities For Understanding, Reflection, Behavioral Experiences, And Growth

Throughout This Manual. This UBC Model, Originally Designed For Nursing Care Of

Individuals, Has Been Adapted For The Instructor’s Guide To Be Applied To Families,

Recognizing The Uniqueness Of Each Individual Family And The Nursing Role In Providing

Care During Critical Periods In The Family Life Cycle. Family Nurses’ Many Roles Assist

Families In Strengthening Their Abilities, Enhancing Protective Strategies, Sustaining Strengths,

And Developing Positive Coping Strategies Through Therapeutic Communication And Holistic

Care. By Helping Nursing Faculty Teach And Guide Undergraduate And Graduate Nursing

Students, As Well As Practicing Professional Nurses, To Explore Individual And Family

Meanings Attached To Health Events, The Fifth Edition Textbook And Instructor’s Guide Can

Help Shape Ideas, Develop Trust, And Nurture Therapeutic Relationships Between The Health

Care System And Families.

, Five Primary Theoretical Approaches Are Introduced And Used Throughout Family

Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice And Research, Fifth Edition: Family Systems Theory,

Family Life Cycle Theory, Family Health And Illness Cycle Model, Bioecological Theory, And

Family Assessment And Intervention Model. These Five Theoretical Approaches Are Applied

To Several Case Studies Within The Text, To Help Nursing Faculty Demonstrate Clinical

Applicability Of Critical Concepts.

The Instructor’s Guide Is Written To Be Adaptable Into A Wide Range Of Curricular

Frameworks, Which Include Family Nursing, Such As Stand-Alone Family Nursing Courses,

And Family Nursing Concepts And Theory As Integrated Within Other Nursing Courses. In The

Textbook Foreword, You Will Note That The Fifth Edition Of This Text Can Be Used To Teach

Several Levels Of Nursing Students (Undergraduate Or Graduate), As Well As Practicing Or

Graduate Nurses.

Each Chapter In The Instructor’s Guide Is Similarly Organized According To The

Following Components:

 Introductory Paragraph Summarizing The Contents Of The Chapter

 Critical Concepts

 Review Of Key Terms

 Quiz And Exam Questions (Most Chapters)

 Reflection Questions

 Student Learning Activities

 Case Study (Or Multiple Case Studies) And Discussion Questions (Most

Chapters) Additionally, There Are A Number Of Appendices For The Instructor’s

Convenience:

 Appendix A In The Textbook Contains The Complete Family Stressor-

, Strength Inventory (FS3I) Tool And Directions For Administration And

Scoring.


 Appendix B In The Textbook Contains The Freidman Family Assessment Model

(Short Form)

 Appendix C Included In This Instructor’s Guide Contains A Versatile

Assignment For Each Chapter Designed As A Student Learning Activity That

Can Be Used In Multiple Settings.

 Appendix D Included In This Instructor’s Guide Is A Media Resource Appendix

That Includes Both Classic And Current Book And Movie Titles That Instructors

Can Use Creatively Throughout The Course To Facilitate Learning, As Well As

Useful Internet Resources That Instructors Can Use Across Chapters Or Units In

The Text. Most Of These Sites Adhere Closely To Evidence-Based Practice, And

The Editors Intend Inclusion To Help Students And Nurses Understand The

Difference Between Information Gleaned From Popular Media And Evidence-

Based Professional Information To Support Their Practice.

Instructors Using This Guide Are Encouraged To Read The Chapters In The Text Of

Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice And Research, Fifth Edition, Before Using The

Teaching Strategies Described Herein. A Skeleton Powerpoint Presentation Has Been Created

For Each Chapter In The Text And Can Be Found On The F.A. Davis Web Site Connected To

The Fifth Edition Textbook. The Editors Strongly Recommend That Faculty Modify And

Personalize The Powerpoint Presentations To Flesh Them Out And Adapt Them To Fit Both

Your Personal Teaching Styles And Your Students’ Needs.

Powerpoints Are Organized According To The Following Components:

 Introduction