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NURS 233 MIDTERM Exam Questions With
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What are the foundational lenses of family nursing - answer✔- relational inquiry (RI)
- strengths-based nursing (SBN)
- person- and family-centered care (PFCC)
- trauma- and violence-informed care (TVIC)
- anti-racism and anti-oppression
what is relational inquiry - answer✔an inquiry guided by conscious participation with persons
using relational skills including listening, questioning, empathy, mutuality, reciprocity, self-
observation, reflection, and sensitivity to emotional contexts
relational inquiry requires - answer✔- knowledge
- inquiry
- clinical skills (judgement, decision-making, competencies)
- particular way of being
2 essential components of relational inquiry - answer✔1. relational consciousness
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2. inquiry as action
what is relational consciousness - answer✔- people are relational beings situated and constituted
through social, cultural, political, and historical processes and communities
- consider intrapersonal, interpersonal, and contextual levels
- acknowledge that relationships are important
- understand that there are different types of relationships
what is inquiry as action - answer✔- the "how to" of relational consciousness
- enter into each nursing situation inquiring into the relational experiences of people (including
ourselves, contexts, knowledge, meaningful purposes, excellence in practice, and effective
outcomes
- the way that you work as a nurse with relational consciousness
ex: COVID-19 doesn't allow partner/family in room during birth (how does this affect their
experience as a health event?)
what are the 3 approaches to family nursing - answer✔1. "all nursing in family nursing"
2. "family nursing"
3. "family"
what is family as context - answer✔- individual care in context of family
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- not enough emphasis on family as an entire unit
- one person is center of care, parent is supporting/a resource but NOT the center of care
ex: usually just focus on baby or mum, but no bed available for partner
what is family as client - answer✔- each family member a client
- a whole family is considered a client to 1 care provider (family doctor), but each member is an
individual client
what is family systems - answer✔- individuals AND family unit a focus of care
- individual focus on parent and baby but also holistic view of whole family and how it is doing
- everyone in family is experiencing one member's illness in different way
what is family as a component of society - answer✔- family a social institution
- family is a very important high-level concept
- what family looks like in north america is different than south africa
define family nursing using relational inquiry - answer✔- focuses on relational experience of
connectedness and support (moves away from family as a literal configuration of people)
- grounded in an attitude and way of relating, being, and proceeding (not a prescriptive
framework, transcends any assessment model of area of nursing practice)
10/10/2024 11:44 AM
NURS 233 MIDTERM Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What are the foundational lenses of family nursing - answer✔- relational inquiry (RI)
- strengths-based nursing (SBN)
- person- and family-centered care (PFCC)
- trauma- and violence-informed care (TVIC)
- anti-racism and anti-oppression
what is relational inquiry - answer✔an inquiry guided by conscious participation with persons
using relational skills including listening, questioning, empathy, mutuality, reciprocity, self-
observation, reflection, and sensitivity to emotional contexts
relational inquiry requires - answer✔- knowledge
- inquiry
- clinical skills (judgement, decision-making, competencies)
- particular way of being
2 essential components of relational inquiry - answer✔1. relational consciousness
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2. inquiry as action
what is relational consciousness - answer✔- people are relational beings situated and constituted
through social, cultural, political, and historical processes and communities
- consider intrapersonal, interpersonal, and contextual levels
- acknowledge that relationships are important
- understand that there are different types of relationships
what is inquiry as action - answer✔- the "how to" of relational consciousness
- enter into each nursing situation inquiring into the relational experiences of people (including
ourselves, contexts, knowledge, meaningful purposes, excellence in practice, and effective
outcomes
- the way that you work as a nurse with relational consciousness
ex: COVID-19 doesn't allow partner/family in room during birth (how does this affect their
experience as a health event?)
what are the 3 approaches to family nursing - answer✔1. "all nursing in family nursing"
2. "family nursing"
3. "family"
what is family as context - answer✔- individual care in context of family
, ©SIRJOEL EXAM SOLUTIONS
10/10/2024 11:44 AM
- not enough emphasis on family as an entire unit
- one person is center of care, parent is supporting/a resource but NOT the center of care
ex: usually just focus on baby or mum, but no bed available for partner
what is family as client - answer✔- each family member a client
- a whole family is considered a client to 1 care provider (family doctor), but each member is an
individual client
what is family systems - answer✔- individuals AND family unit a focus of care
- individual focus on parent and baby but also holistic view of whole family and how it is doing
- everyone in family is experiencing one member's illness in different way
what is family as a component of society - answer✔- family a social institution
- family is a very important high-level concept
- what family looks like in north america is different than south africa
define family nursing using relational inquiry - answer✔- focuses on relational experience of
connectedness and support (moves away from family as a literal configuration of people)
- grounded in an attitude and way of relating, being, and proceeding (not a prescriptive
framework, transcends any assessment model of area of nursing practice)
