Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing A Clinical Approach 7th Edition By Margaret Jordan Halter
Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing A Clinical Approach 7th Edition By Margaret Jordan Halter
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Chapter 34: Family Interventions
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
MULTIPLE CHOICE
| a. | Homogeneous | c. | Blended |
| b. | Extended | d. | Nuclear |
ANS: C
A blended family is made up of members from two or more unrelated families. It is not a nuclear family because a stepchild is present. It is not an extended family, because there are only two generations present. Homogeneous is not a family type.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
REF: Page 620 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
| a. | nuclear. | c. | extended. |
| b. | blended. | d. | alternative. |
ANS: C
An extended family has members from three or more generations living together. Nuclear family refers to a couple and their children. A blended family is one made up of members from two or more unrelated families. An alternative family can consist of a same-sex couple or an unmarried couple and children.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
REF: Page 620 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
| a. | Allocation of family resources | c. | Maintenance of order and authority |
| b. | Physical maintenance and safety | d. | Reproduction of new family members |
ANS: B
Physical and safety needs have greater importance in Maslow’s hierarchy than other needs.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
REF: Page 620 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
| a. | Members provide mutual support. |
| b. | Power is distributed equally among all members. |
| c. | Members believe there are specific causes for events. |
| d. | Under stress, members turn inward and become enmeshed. |
ANS: A
Healthy families nurture and support their members, buffer against stress, and provide stability and cohesion. The distracters are unrelated or incorrect.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)
REF: Page 620-621 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
| a. | how the family expresses and manages emotion. |
| b. | names and relationships of the family’s members. |
| c. | the communication patterns between the patient and parents. |
| d. | the meaning that the patient’s suicide attempt has for family members. |
ANS: B
The identity of the members of the family is the most fundamental information and should be obtained first. Without this, the nurse cannot fully process the other responses.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
REF: Page 627-628 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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