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NUR1212 Exam 1 Questions and Answers
2024/2025
family dynamics nursing interventions
→ empathy, spend time, advocate, refer, observe, prepare, educate, encourage, assist,
include family, support, communicate, collaborate
family dynamics
→ the way individuals in a family relate to and interact with each other as a group
types of family dynamics
→ nuclear family, extended family, same sex family, single-parent family, married-
parent family, married-blended family, cohabiting-parent family, no-parent family
extended family
→ a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles,
and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household
nuclear family
→ a married couple and their unmarried children living together
same sex family
→ people of the same sex are primary caregivers of children
single-parent family
→ only one parent is present to care for the children
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married-parent family
→ parents who are married and living in the same household (biological, adoptive, step)
married-blended family
→ step family
cohabiting-parent family
→ couples who cohabitant rather than marry
no-parent family
→ children live independently in foster or kinship care such as living with a grandparent,
aunt, uncle
types of interactions within family dynamics
→ fluid, dynamic, flexible
influences on family dynamics
→ age within family, history of the people, culture, norms, role of each member, change
in roles
changes to family dynamics
→ expanding family, caregiver role for family member, change in socioeconomic status of
family, chronic illness of family member, marriage/divorce, traumatic injury of family
member, disability of family member, aging of family member, end of life care, death
of family member
positive family dynamics
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→ assistance with child care after birth of infant, respite care for a care giver, support
after injury or death of spouse, presence during surgery, family reunions, celebrations
of birthdays and other significant events, praying together, supportive in-laws, sharing
care of a dependent family member
negative/dysfunctional family dynamics
→ child abuse, codependency (related to substance abuse by family member), interfering
in-laws, intimate partner violence, marital infidelity, placing blame for birth of pre-
term infant or for death of young child by SIDS, sibling rivalry, adolescent prergnancy
family assessment
→ family interview, survey, or discussion used to obtain the families insights regarding a
patient, especially a child; family history, relationships, concerns, needs, resources
Calgary family assessment
→ focuses on interactions among the individuals in the family. three categories are:
structural assessment, developmental assessment, functional assessment
structural assessment
→ who is in the family, how connected, external members connected to the family,
extended family
developmental assessment
→ regrets-
→ what aspects of life did you enjoy?
→ what plans have you made, as health declines, regarding your own care, or the care
of others, in your family?
functional assessment
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