NURS 3016 - Dr. Treva Reed Final Exam Study Set 1
With Complete Solution
What is the definition of a family? - ANSWER There is actually no definition
universally accepted, legal, biological, social, psychological all are different...
Wright and Leahy say: Family is whoever person says they are - ANSWER
True
KAAKINEN says: "Family refers to _________ who depend on one another for
emotional, physical and economic support." - ANSWER two or more
individuals
KAAKINEN said family health: - ANSWER "..is a dynamic state of well-being
that includes biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological, and cultural
factors of individual members and the whole family system."
Describing well-functioning family? - ANSWER Successful
What did Otto's work contribute in 1963? - ANSWER An important pioneer in
family strength research, According to Otto, some important factors included
(a) nurturing, (b) support, (c) parental discipline, (d) encouragement of
growth and maturation of all family members, (e) spiritual well-being of
members, (f) good communication, (g) problem-solving skills, and (h)
meaningful participation.
Pratt (1976) has gone on to now describe the "energized family" - ANSWER
"Ideal, effective in meeting health needs, promote freedom and change.,
active contact with other org/resources, flexible role relationships, equal
power structure and high lvl of autonomy
,KAAKINEN says: "Family refers to two or more individuals who depend on
one another for..."? - ANSWER "emotional, physical and economic support."
family health according to KAAKINEN? - ANSWER "..is a dynamic state of
well-being that includes biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological, and
cultural factors of individual members and the whole family system."
Curran (1985) investigated family stressors & traits of healthy families; (Box
1-1,p.6). What are some of these traits? - ANSWER Communicates and
listens, Table time and conversation, Affirms and supports, Teaches respect,
Sense of trust, Sense of play and humor, Balanced interaction, Shared leisure,
Shared responsibility, Sense of right and wrong, Rituals and traditions,
Religious core..., Respects privacy, Values service, Admits problems, seeks
help
Olson & Gorall's work (2005) merged the 2 concepts of marital & family
dynamics in the? - ANSWER Circumplex Model of Marital & Family Systems"
(Figure 1-1 & 1-2, p.7)
What did Olson and Gorall discover? - ANSWER Circumplex MMFS, Balanced
family has middle ground on flexibility and connection
Where does family nursing incorporates ideas from? - ANSWER *family
therapy *family social science *nursing theory
family nursing is composed of individual, family and community - ANSWER
True
Family nursing works to? - ANSWER to promote, maintain, and restore health
of families
Family nursing has intersecting concepts of: - ANSWER Individual, Family,
,Society (all are spanned by Family Nursing)
In family nursing care is? - ANSWER Concerned about experience over time
(Hx and future)
Family nursing context? - ANSWER both community and cultural
Family nursing considers what relationships? - ANSWER Considers
relationships bwtn and among fam members
Family nursing works with who? - ANSWER Both healthy and ill members
Issues requiring family nursing care? - ANSWER May be physiological or
psychological issues (competency)
What do family nurses do to facilitate communication? - ANSWER
Manipulate... env. To facilitate Family Interactions
Family nursing is influenced by? - ANSWER Influenced by multiple member
changes - ind. and family and systems affected.
Family nurses must consider changing symptoms? - ANSWER Most
symptomatic person may interchange over time
Family nurses promote support and growth by? - ANSWER Focusing on
strengths
Who is family? - ANSWER Will be defined by family, who they say they are.
Four approaches to family nursing? - ANSWER Family as context, client,
system, foreground
Family as context - ANSWER Individual as foreground, Family as background,
"How will you provide for child care when you have your back surgery?
, Family as client - ANSWER Family as foreground, Individual as background,
Who in your family is having the most difficult time with our diagnosis?
Family as system - ANSWER *Interactional family, How has the diagnosis of
juvenile diabetes affected the ways in which your family is functioning and
getting along with each other?
Family as component of society - ANSWER Church, schools, etc... all effect,
Put in contact, What resources does your family use/have/need?
Difference btween Family functions and family processes? - ANSWER
Functions are the various tasks of service the family has, Processes are the
various interactions the family has, communication, time together, family
satisfaction (seem to have greatest affect on health)
Structure is set of relationships - ANSWER True, the ordered set of
relationships within the family, and between the family and other social
systems
5 Family functions: - ANSWER Reproductive: the biological function of
reproduction. Socialization: raise and socialize their children to fit into
society. Affective: ways family members relate to one another and those
outside the immediate family boundaries. Economic: implications on ability
to acquire health care and be healthy based on finances. Health care: The
family is the primary source of individual health care.
5 sources of role difficulties? - ANSWER Unable to define situation Lack role
knowledge Lack role consensus Role conflict Role overload
What are the 3 main characteristics of a healthy family? - ANSWER 1. Unity 2.
Flexibility 3. Communication