Family Health Care Nursing An Introduction Test Bank Ch.1

Chapter 1: Family Health Care Nursing: An Introduction

Multiple Choice:

1. The nurse is transferring to a care area that focuses on family nursing practice. What should the nurse realize about this approach to care?

1. Interventions in family care address the future plans for the family.

2. Family members must be present before the implementation of family care.

3. Resources are placed to support a family member experiencing illness with the greatest chance for recovery.

4. The nurse and family together define the family and where therapeutic energy should be placed.

2. The nurse notes that a client has been previously married and participates in raising the current spouse’s children from a previous marriage. How should the nurse document this family type?

1. Extended

2. Cohabitation

3. Nuclear dyad

4. Blended

3. The nurse prepares an in-service program on family nursing for new graduate employees. Which definition of family is the best one for the nurse to use?

1. Members of a family are self-defined

2. People who share strong emotional ties

3. A family is defined by blood ties, adoption, and marriage

4. A group of people who live together with or without legal or biological ties

4. The nurse prepares to assess a client whose family is being used as a resource. Which approach to family nursing care is the nurse implementing?

1. Family as client

2. Family as system

3. Family as context

4. Family as component of society

5. During a home visit the nurse teaches the client and family about actions to reduce the spread of infection between the family members. Which role is the nurse implementing?

1. Counselor

2. Care deliverer

3. Health teacher

4. Family advocate

6. The nurse is preparing the client for their first chemotherapy treatment and a family member has accompanied the client to the clinic. The nurse explains to the client and family what to expect from the treatment, including how long it will take, how the treatment will be administered, and potential side effects. The nurse has provided time for the client and family to ask questions and express concerns. Which role is the nurse implementing with the client?

1. Surrogate

2. Researcher

3. Role model

4. Case manager

7. The spouse of a client with complex care needs is unavailable to attend a care conference at 2 p.m. What should the nurse do to support family nursing care?

1. Have the client attend in place of the spouse

2. Schedule the conference when the spouse is available

3. Ask the spouse to telephone in during the time of the conference

4. Provide the spouse with outcomes determined during the meeting

8. The nurse observes parents discussing an adolescent’s plans for the weekend and setting boundaries to which the adolescent agrees. Which function did this family unit demonstrate?

1. Affective

2. Economic

3. Health care

4. Socialization

9. The adult daughter of an older client is expected to be at the client’s bedside, yet personal family responsibilities are not being completed. Which family interactional process is the daughter experiencing?

1. Role strain

2. Role conflict

3. Role ambiguity

4. Role expectations

Multiple Response:

10. The nurse prepares to assess a family during a home visit. Which traits should the nurse expect that demonstrate a healthy family? Select all that apply.

1. Develops suspicion among members

2. Exhibits a sense of shared responsibility

3. Admits to and seeks help with problems

4. Enforces participation in rituals and tradition

5. Shares leisure time