CHAPTER 3: THE CHILD IN CONTEXT OF THE FAMILY

CHAPTER 3: THE CHILD IN CONTEXT OF THE FAMILY

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. When the nurse treats families as context, the emphasis is on which of the following?

a.	extended family	c.	community
b.	nuclear family	d.	individual

 

 

ANS:  D

 

	Feedback
A	Incorrect. The extended family may become emphasized when the family is viewed as an interactional system or as a social institution.
B	Incorrect. The nuclear family may be emphasized when the family is viewed as a client or as an interactional system or as a social institution.
C	Incorrect. The community may be emphasized when the family is viewed as a social institution as a part of the larger community.
D	Correct. The view of the family as context actually emphasizes the individual within that context.

 

 

PTS:   1                    REF:   p. 58 – Definition of the Family        OBJ:   Cognitive Level: Knowledge

 

2. Sociologists define the family as a group of people:

a.	with blood ties, adoption, guardianship, or marriage
b.	with a focus on perpetuating the species
c.	who are living together
d.	who have strong emotional ties

 

 

ANS:  C

 

	Feedback
A	Incorrect. The legal definition emphasizes relationships through blood ties, adoption, guardianship or marriage.
B	Incorrect. The religious traditions tend to focus upon family with a focus upon procreation.
C	Correct. Sociologists define the family as a group of people living together.
D	Incorrect. Psychologists define the family as a group with strong emotional ties.

 

 

PTS:   1                    REF:   p. 58 – Definition of the Family        OBJ:   Cognitive Level: Knowledge

 

3. Which of the following definitions best matches the U.S. Bureau of Census definition of family?

a.	everyone in a household regardless of relationship
b.	father, mother, and children
c.	a group of two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together
d.	a household of only those related by marriage(s) or birth, which would include extended family

 

 

ANS:  C

 

	Feedback
A	Incorrect. Close, but not precise enough for the U. S. Bureau of Census.
B	Incorrect. Close, but not expansive enough for the U. S. Bureau of Census.
C	Correct. U. S. Bureau of Census defines family as a group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together. The Census Bureau has used this definition for years.
D	Incorrect. The diversity of family structures in the U. S. requires that extended family be included, but not according to the Census Bureau.

 

 

PTS:   1                    REF:   p. 58 – Definition of the Family

OBJ:   Cognitive Level: Comprehension

 

4. Nurses using a contemporary definition should identify a client’s family by asking which of these questions?

a.	Who do you consider to be your family?
b.	Are your parents and siblings living?
c.	Are you married and do you have any children?
d.	Who lives with you in your household?

 

 

ANS:  A

 

	Feedback
A	Correct. Nurses working with families should first ask their clients whom they consider to be their family and then include those individuals in their health care planning.
B	Incorrect. The fact that parents and siblings are living is important, but does not address the definition of one’s family.
C	Incorrect. Important question, but asks about a more traditional concept of family.
D	Incorrect. Important question, and approaches the question of significant others, but does not address the issue of family directly.

 

 

PTS:   1                    REF:   p. 58 – Definition of the Family        OBJ:   Cognitive Level: Knowledge

 

5. The major goal of the nurse using Neuman’s nursing theory would be to:

a.	assist the individual to identify helpful and antagonistic family members
b.	help keep the family structure stable within its environment
c.	enhance interactions between all extended family and the individual
d.	minimize ineffective communication between family and society

 

 

ANS:  B

 

	Feedback
A	Incorrect. Neuman’s system theory is concerned with the whole rather than segregating its members into two groups.
B	Correct. Neuman’s system theory is consistent with a family systems approach, describing the family as the recipient of nursing care. The family is described as an appropriate target for both assessment and nursing interventions. The way each member expresses self influences the whole and creates the basic structure of the family. The major goal of the nurse is to keep the structure stable within its environment.
C	Incorrect. Neuman’s system theory is focused on keeping the family structure stable within its environment.
D	Incorrect. Neuman’s system theory does not rely upon improving communication between the family and society.

 

 

PTS:   1                    REF:   p. 59 – Neuman’s System Theory      OBJ:   Cognitive Level: Knowledge