CNUR 300 Key Revision Questions And Well Elaborated Solutions
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CNUR 300
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CNUR 300
CNUR 300 Key Revision Questions And Well
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4 Approaches to Family Nursing - ANSWER 1. Family as Context
2. Family as Client
3. Family as System
4. Family as Component of Society
Family as Context - ANSWER First approach focuses on the assessment and care of...
CNUR 300 Key Revision Questions And Well
Elaborated Solutions
4 Approaches to Family Nursing - ANSWER 1. Family as Context
2. Family as Client
3. Family as System
4. Family as Component of Society
Family as Context - ANSWER First approach focuses on the assessment and care of
an individual client in which the family is the context
The family serves as context for the individual as either a resource or a stressor to the
individual's health and illness.
Family as Client - ANSWER Focuses on the assessment of all family members
The family is seen as the sum of individual family members, and the focus concentrated
on each individual
The nurse assesses and provides health care for each person in the family
Family as System - ANSWER Focus is on the family as a whole as the client
Family is viewed as an interactional system in which the whole is more than the sum of
its parts a whole
The interactions between family members become the target for the nursing
interventions
Family as Component of Society - ANSWER Looks at the family as a component of
society, in which the family is viewed as one of many institutions in society, similar to
health, educational, religious, or economic institutions
Family Structure - ANSWER Is the ordered set of relationships within the family, and
between the family and other social systems
Can use Genograms/Ecomaps to assess family structure
To determine family structure, the nurse needs to identify:
o The individuals who compromise the family
o The relationships between them
o The interactions between the family members
o The interactions with other socials systems
,Family Types - ANSWER Nuclear Dyad- Married couple, no children
Nuclear- Husband, wife, children
Binuclear-Two post divorce families with children as members of both
Extended-Nuclear family plus blood relatives
Blended-Husband, wife, and children of previous relationships
Commune- Group of men, women, and children
Family - ANSWER 2 or more individuals who depend on one another for emotional,
physical, and economic support
Family Health - ANSWER A dynamic, changing state of well-being, which includes the
biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological, and culture factors of individual
members and the whole family system.
Interventions Nurses Use - ANSWER Family nursing considers the community and
cultural context of the group
Considers the relationships between and among family members
Family nursing is often offered in settings where individuals have physiological or
psychological problems
Family nursing requires the nurse to manipulate the environment to increase the
likelihood of family interaction
Focuses on the strengths of individual family members and the family group to promote
their mutual support and growth
Must define with the family which persons constitute the family and where they will
place their therapeutic energies
Family Functions - ANSWER Functional perspective has to do with the ways families
serve their members- how does the family function?
Function processes such as socialization, reproduction, economics and health care are
areas that can be assessed
Reproductive Functions - ANSWER Serves the purpose of pleasure and reproduction-
how's the sex life?
Socialization Functions - ANSWER Major function is for families to raise and socialize
their children to fit into society
Family must guide children through various rites of passage
, Affective Functions - ANSWER Has to do with the ways family members relate to one
another and outsiders
Families provide sense of identity
Characteristics of strong families include: expressions of appreciation, spending time
together, strong commitment to the family, good communication, and positive conflict
resolution
Inductive vs Deductive Reasoning - ANSWER Deductive reasoning starts with a
general theory, statement, or hypothesis and then works its way down to a conclusion
based on evidence.
Inductive reasoning starts with a small observation or question and works it's way to a
theory by examining the related issues.
Concepts-Propositions-Hypothesis - ANSWER Concepts- building blocks
Propositions- statements about the relationship between 2 or more concepts- may lead
to hypothesis
3 Types of Theories - ANSWER 1. Family Social Science Theories
2. Family Therapy Theories
3. Nursing Models/Theories
Family Social Science Theories - ANSWER Best developed and informative
Focuses on:
Family functioning
Environment-family interchange
Family interactions
Family changes
Reaction to health & illness
EXPLAINS FAMILY FUNCTION AND DYNAMICS
Family Therapy Theories - ANSWER Newer and not as well developed as family social
science theories
TROUBLED families
Both descriptive and prescriptive b/c they help with what can be done in "dysfunctional
families"
Nursing Models/Theories - ANSWER Least developed "theories"
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