Nursing Theory
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Course Introduction
Nursing Theory explores the foundational concepts, frameworks, and models that guide nursing practice, education, and research. This course examines the evolution and significance of nursing theories, discussing influential theorists and their contributions to the discipline. Students will analyze how nursing theory informs evidence-based practice, shapes patient care, and supports professional identity. Through critical discussion and application, learners will develop an understanding of how theoretical perspectives integrate with clinical decision-making, ultimately enhancing the quality and effectiveness of patient outcomes.
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Family Health Care Nursing Theory Practice and Research 6th Edition by Kaakinen
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Chapter 1: Family Health Care Nursing: An Introduction
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Q1) 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?
A) Role strain
B) Role conflict
C) Role ambiguity
D) Role expectations
Answer: B
Q2) 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?
A) Family as client
B) Family as system
C) Family as context
D) Family as component of society
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations for the Nursing of Families
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Q1) The nurse prepares to employ the family systems theory to assess a family. Which actions will the nurse complete during this assessment? Select all that apply.
A) Complete a family ecomap
B) Determine normative and nonnormative events
C) Complete a family genogram
D) Conduct family member care-planning sessions
E) Collect data on the family and individual members
Answer: A,C,D,E
Q2) The nurse works in an environment in which a family therapy theory serves as the model for assessing and planning care. Which data should the nurse expect when assessing the family?
A) Pathology
B) Health problem
C) Illness treatment
D) Normal trajectory
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Family Demography: Continuity and Change in
North American Families
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Q1) Immigration rates increased after the Immigration and Naturalization Act was amended in 1965. Which observation demonstrates the greatest impact of this act to the practicing nurse?
A) There will be fewer clients from outside of the United States.
B) Chinese interpreters will be needed most often.
C) A large number of clients will be considered undocumented immigrants.
D) Refugees will have access to health care through resettlement programs.
Answer: D
Q2) The nurse prepares to assess a female client who is 25 years old. What should the nurse most likely expect when assessing this client's family structure?
A) Attends college
B) Married with one child
C) Lives with a sexual partner
D) Lives at home with parents
Answer: C
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Q1) The nurse learns that a child being seen in the community clinic has health coverage through the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). What does this coverage indicate to the nurse?
A) The child has a chronic disability.
B) The child receives special education.
C) The child is being raised in a single-parent family.
D) The child has no insurance and is not eligible for Medicaid.
Q2) The nurse learns that a client with a chronic health problem has not been taking medication as prescribed. Which social issue should the nurse consider as a potential reason for this client's nonadherence to treatment?
A) Racism
B) Isolation
C) Health literacy
D) Social exclusion
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Chapter 5: Family Nursing Assessment and Intervention
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Q1) The nurse prepares to use the Family Assessment and Intervention Model when assessing a family. What is this model based on?
A) Orem's Self-Care Theory
B) Neuman Systems Model of Health Care
C) Rogers' Theory of Unitary Human Beings
D) Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Systems Theory
Q2) The nurse prepares to assess a family, which includes several members with chronic health problems. Which definition of assessment will the nurse use when meeting with this family?
A) The use of an instrument to quantify a particular family attribute
B) The use of a tool to collect family information within 15 minutes
C) The collection of subjective and objective data that begins upon first contact with the family
D) The process of assigning numbers or symbols to variables to assist nurses in measuring family member characteristics
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Chapter 6: Family Health Promotion
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Q1) The nurse reviews assessment data before creating a family plan of care. Which definition of family health promotion should the nurse keep in mind when selecting interventions for this family?
A) Having resources to pay for medical bills
B) Living in a location where health resources are readily available
C) Planning for retirement and achieving a quality and dignified death
D) Improving or maintaining the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being of the family
Q2) The nurse uses the Family Health Promotion model as a guide when caring for community family members. Which health-related influences should the nurse keep in mind when following this model? Select all that apply.
A) Family systems patterns
B) Family size and structure
C) Family's definition of health
D) Perceived family health status
E) Family health socialization patterns
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Chapter 7: Nursing Care of LGBTQ Families
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Q1) The nurse learns that a homosexual male has waited more than 2 months before seeking treatment for a sexually transmitted infection. What should the nurse consider as a reason for this client to delay seeking treatment? Select all that apply.
A) Lack of access to care
B) Lack of insurance coverage
C) Confusion regarding the symptoms
D) History of overt discrimination
E) Negative experience with the health care system
Q2) During a family assessment the nurse learns that one parent is heterosexual and the other family member is bisexual of the opposite sex. How should the nurse document this family structure?
A) Blended family
B) Family of choice
C) Mixed-orientation
D) Live Apart Together
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Chapter 8: Genomics and Family Nursing Across the Life
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Q1) The nurse notes that through genetic testing, a female carrier of an X-linked condition has one normal copy of the gene on the X chromosome and one mutated copy of the gene on the other X chromosome. What should this indicate to the nurse?
A) All children will be affected.
B) No children will be affected.
C) Sons will have a 50% chance of having the condition.
D) Daughters will have a 50% chance of having the condition.
Q2) The nurse plans to attend a continuing education program for genetics. In which situations will the nurse use this knowledge?
A) In all health care settings
B) When caring for childbearing families
C) Only after being credentialed as a genetics nurse
D) After a genetic condition is diagnosed in a family
Q3) A family learns that their newborn has a genetic anomaly. Which statement best describes what genes control?
A) Major organs of the body
B) Personality characteristics of a person
C) Ability to learn across the life span
D) Functions of the human body at the cellular level
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Chapter 9: Families Living With Chronic Illness
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Q1) The nurse notes that a family with a child newly diagnosed with a chronic illness has no experience with the disease. Therefore, required routines and family life are disorganized. Which need is this family experiencing?
A) Reeducation
B) Redefinition
C) Remediation
D) Realignment
Q2) During a family conference, the nurse practitioner is leading a discussion with a family, which includes a 15-year-old adolescent who often "forgets" to check his morning blood glucose levels. Which questions would be the most appropriate for the nurse to ask?
A) Why would a person neglect his body?
B) Can I tell you about the dangers of high blood glucose levels?
C) Do you think forgetting to check the blood glucose is a way of acting out?
D) I understand that you are all concerned with checking blood sugars. Is that right?
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Chapter 10: Families in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
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Q1) A client assigned to a student nurse for care dies shortly after the student completes morning care. What should the nurse do to support the student at this time?
A) Suggest the student leave the clinical area
B) Encourage the student to participate in postmortem care
C) Talk with the student about the experience and answer any questions
D) Assign the student to another client for the remainder of the clinical day
Q2) The family of a client nearing end-of-life asks if they can leave to get dinner. Which client observation causes the nurse to suggest that the family wait a while longer before leaving the client?
A) Cheyne-Stokes respiration pattern
B) Apneic periods of 15 to 30 seconds
C) Shallow respirations at 30 per minute
D) Use of neck and shoulder muscles to breathe
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Chapter 11: Trauma and Family Nursing
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Q1) The nurse attends an educational program that identifies people in the United States as experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because of ongoing security threats. Which public health issues confirm the possibility of this being true? Select all that apply.
A) High obesity rate
B) High infant mortality
C) Increase in number of divorces
D) High use of opioids and other substances
E) Decline in the general health
Q2) The nurse cares for a toddler recovering from injuries received by an abusive parent. Which findings indicate that this client is experiencing failure to develop healthy attachments? Select all that apply.
A) Poor appetite
B) Ignoring toys
C) No eye contact
D) Watching television
E) Withdrawing from touch
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Chapter 12: Family Nursing With Childbearing Families
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Q1) When should the nurse consider that a new mother is developing postpartum depression?
A) Feeling blue the day after delivery
B) Crying 3 to 5 days after returning home
C) Sitting in a dark room ignoring the baby after 6 months
D) Not interested in caring for the baby a week after delivery
Q2) The nurse suspects that a family has closed boundaries. Why will this family not be amenable to nursing interventions?
A) They are unstable.
B) They do not have children.
C) They do not interact with each other.
D) They reject influences from the outside environment.
Q3) The nurse plans care to address the communication pattern within a family with a new infant. What intervention should the nurse select for this family?
A) Encourage talking when the baby is sleeping
B) Hold the baby while talking with each other
C) Teach how to recognize and respond to the baby's cues
D) Keep voice tone low when discussing a difficult situation
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Chapter 13: Family Child Health Nursing
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Q1) The nurse is preparing to assess a family with small children. Why should the nurse focus on the family transition points during this assessment? Select all that apply.
A) They represent a time when the family has a large amount of time to plan.
B) They represent a time when the family has to spend a great deal of money.
C) They represent a time when families are most likely to reorganize and change.
D) They represent a time when individuals within the family are at greatest risk for illness.
E) They represent a time when individuals within the family are most likely to change roles and related tasks.
Q2) A family with a child diagnosed with cystic fibrosis has newly relocated to a community. Which health trajectory will the nurse use as a guide for this family's care?
A) Chronicity
B) Uncertainty
C) Degenerative
D) Gradual onset
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Chapter 14: Family Nursing in Acute Care Adult Settings
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Q1) What research information should the nurse manager use as evidence to increase the amount of family involvement in the care of a hospitalized client?
A) Increases the cost of care
B) Causes poor outcomes
C) Increases family stress
D) Improves outcomes
Q2) The nurse notes that a client has an advance directive stating that no cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should be performed if the heart stops. Which type of prescription should the nurse expect to be placedon this client's medical record?
A) All but CPR
B) Do not resuscitate (DNR)
C) Comfort measures only
D) No extraordinary measures
Q3) What type of communication from nurses do families find as being the most helpful?
A) Brief
B) Honest
C) Vague
D) Limited
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Chapter 15: Family Health in Mid- and Later Life
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Q1) The nurse completes an instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) with an older client. Which activity will this assessment include?
A) Bathing
B) Hygiene
C) Shopping
D) Toileting
Q2) The nurse learns that a grandparent will be the guardian of a grandchild. Which relationship is the strongest predictor of the grandparent-grandchild relationship?
A) Father and child
B) Mother and father
C) Father and grandparent
D) Mother and grandparent
Q3) The nurse suspects that a family is experiencing ambivalence. To what does this term refer in the family?
A) The ability to avoid stress over time
B) Conflicting emotions regarding relationships with older adults
C) The level of harmony with extended family members over time
D) Maintaining a stable level of balance in the midst of changes
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Chapter 16: Family Mental Health Nursing
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Q1) The health care provider suggests that a family participate in psychoeducation. What should the nurse instruct the family to expect when participating in this type of instruction? Select all that apply.
A) Social support
B) Family education
C) Home care support
D) Training in coping skills
E) Behavioral therapy techniques
Q2) A child with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder is prescribed a stimulant. What about this medication should the nurse instruct the family? Select all that apply.
A) It can lead to slow bone growth.
B) A long-acting form is available.
C) Regular health checkups are required.
D) This medication will cure the disorder.
E) Impulsive behaviors will be eliminated.
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Chapter 17: Families and Community and Public Health Nursing
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Q1) The nurse provides care to people within an urban community. What needs to be established in order for interventions to be successful?
A) The nurse-client relationship
B) Payment for services provided
C) Times when the nurse is available
D) Frequency of visits to the families
Q2) The nurse compares the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion with the Population Health Promotion Model. Which is a major difference between these two approaches to population care?
A) The Ottawa Charter focuses on social issues.
B) The Ottawa Charter uses determinants of health as a key assumption.
C) The Population Health Promotion Model focuses on issues that place a population at risk.
D) The Population Health Promotion Model uses strategies for families to improve their health.
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