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30 Cards in this Set
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A family is a group of individuals who provide______,_____&____ support to each other
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physical, emotional and economic
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List four specific areas of family assessment
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Developmental Stage
Wholeness Communication Support |
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Liat three types of abuse that can occur within the family
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Child
Spouse Elder These can occur as emotional, physical, or sexual |
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The difference between structural-functional and systems theory is that structural-fuctional theory focuses on what?
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Outcomes instead of process
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What group is experiencing the greatest increase in newly identified HIV cases?
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Adult females
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A couple in their mid 40's w/ 2 kids take in a grandmother who is seriously ill. What type of family structure is this?
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Sandwich
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True/False
Nursing care for the individual is best provided for in the context of the client's family? |
True
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True/False
Tasks not completed at one developmental stage produce chronic difficulties as the family works to master tasks in the next stage? |
True
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True/False
A comprehensive family assessment requirea little cllaboration between the nurse and other members of the healthcare team? |
False
(It requires a high level of collaboration) |
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What are some topics that a nurse can discuss with a family as a unit
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Nutrition
Physical Activity Stress Relief Coping behaviors/Mechanisms Communication skills |
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Name the different types of family structure
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Traditional
Extended Gay/Lesbian Individual of the commom household. Common law marriage Stepfamily Blended Family Family w/adopted children Single parent family Co-habitating Sandwich Grandparent raising grandchilren. Kinship Bond |
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Which type of theory focuses on interactions families, family members, and groups in the enviroment
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General system Theory
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What is the name of the theory that views families as a social system with a focus on outcomes?
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Structural-Fuctional Theory
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What are some examples of family functions as defined by structural-functional theories?
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Socialization of children
Meeting the physical and emotional needs of family members. Caregivers to the elderly Developing productive members of society. |
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Which financial group of families is hardest hit during poor economic periods?
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Low-income Families.
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How are middle-income families affected by poor economic times?
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They may not have the eduquate funds to meet their basic needs during a time of unemployment.
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What age groups are experiencing the fastest rate of growth in new HIV cases
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Women
Children |
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Name some previously eradicated diseases that have become a threat again?
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Smallpox
Polio TB |
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Name some causes of homeslessness?
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Mental Illness
Unemployed/Lack of employment opportunities/skills. Inability or desire to live within society's norms. Explosion of health care costs Divorce with loss of income and or added expenses. |
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Name groups of individuals who are vulnerable to homelessness?
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Single Women
Children Mentally Ill Minorities Single-Parent Families |
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Name some types of violence?
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Physical
Domestic(Spousal) Gang Child abuse Sexual assault/Rape Emotional abuse Elder Abuse |
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True/False
Effects of violence generally are minimal after the physical injury has healed? |
False
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Why is it important to ask about family health beliefs?
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Health belief influence the individual and family helath behaviors. By knowing the family's beliefs, the nurse can structure a collaborative plan that will compliment to the family's health beliefs. Also gives you the opportunity to correct any misinformation that the family may have about health care.
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What factors may impede a family's ability to cope with an individual's illness?
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Stress
Lack of understanding Poor Communication Distrust in healthcare providers/hospitals. Inadequate sleep |
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As a nurse how can you promote wellness in a family wth a critically ill member?
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Address inviduala & family needs.
Identify strengths and weakness. |
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What are some of the wellness interventions?
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Contracting
Health Teaching Anticipatory Guidance Promoting Family Cohesion during crisis |
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What are the characteristics of a health family
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- State of family well-being
- Sense of belonging and connectedness - Shared responsibility - Sense of trust & respect - Flexibility, adaptability and ability to deal with stress - Openness to change - Spending time together, sharing rituals and traditions - Commitment: working together to maintain the family - Spiritual well Being - Respect for privacy of individual members - Positive, effective communication -Ability to compromise and disagree - Appreciation and affection for each other - Responding to the needs and interests of all members - Egalitarian distrubition of power - Health-promoting lifestyle of individual members |
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What should you observe for when assessing Family coping?
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-Signs of stress, anxiety, or loss of sleep in the client(help the client identify their cause)
-Visitors and the pt reactions to them - Whether family members are irritable and snap at(speak harshly or curtly) to one another. |
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Define nursing diagnosis of
Family Coping:Compromised |
Usually supportive person provides insufficient, inefective or compromised support, comfort, assistance or encouragement that may be needed by the client to manage or master adaptive tasks realted to his/her health challenge.
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Define nursing diagnosis of Interrupted Family Processes
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Change in family relationshios and /or functioning
Ex:Economic change in roles, illnessm trauma, disabling/expensive treatments |
