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Community Week 7_KLIPPMANN
Community Week 7_KLIPPMANN
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Issues and Approaches in Family and Individual Health Care
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The contract states the family will have one night as a family night. The nurse is most likely using the contract to:
Let the family know that this is a legal agreement.
u Encourage the family to put plans in writing.
Make sure the family does what is expected.
Shift the responsibility so that it becomes a shared effort.
2
Diabetes mortality rates continue to rise for all ethnic and socioeconomic groups, but evidence shows which to be true?
Standard of living does not affect decision making
Selection of healthy food options is an availability & an education issue
Addressing the epidemic involves more than a focus on individual factors
Complications & mortality rates are high among low-income & minority groups
Community-based education programs have done little to address the problem
3
A parent questions whether God is punishing them because the child was diagnosed with leukemia. The best response is?
"God is loving and doesn’t punish people.”
“That is not part of my religious belief system, so I don’t know.”
“Tell me more about your family’s spiritual beliefs.”
“Why do you think your family needed to be punished?”
4
A nurse is working with a married couple that decided to remain child-free. The nurse recognizes this decision as a
Biological necessity
Religious belief decision
Contemporary family function
Threat to family survival
5
Which of the following statements are true regarding the health-related vulnerabilities of men?
Men do not participate in health care at the same level as women
Men are less likely to be honest about their symptoms
Fewer health services are emphasized for men
More males die at birth
6
Which social science theories used by public health describes how environments outside influence the child over time
Family developmental theory
Life-cycle theory
Bioecological systems theory
Family systems theory
7
The most common causes of preventable disease, disability, and death among children are:
Physical activity.
Injuries and accidents
Maintaining a healthful diet
Cardiovascular health
8
One member of an older couple has just retired. This is considered a:
Normative event and will have little effect on the family’ well-being.
Nonnormative event that will have psychological impact on the family.
Developmental stage that will help the family with stress reduction.
Normative event and can increase the family’s risk for illness.
9
The underlying principle to empowerment is?
Professional-client partnership
Professional dominance
Decreased competence
Client dominance.
10
A nurse is conducting a class for prospective focusing on new skills, needed resources & planning. This is addressing
Transitions
Environment
Behavior
Biology
11
The community health nurse is aware that LGBTQI adults are more likely to experience which conditions?
Poverty
Obesity
Cardiovascular disease
Poor mental health
12
the working poor and uninsured places a major burden on the current health care system. This can be seen as a major?
Social issue
Nursing issue
Policy issue
Behavioral issue.
Health risk issue
13
A federal program that attempts to promote healthier diets for vulnerable populations is:
Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Medicaid
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
Medicare.
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Which topics should the nurse choose to target a major concern for school-aged children?
Skin cancer detection
Cholesterol screening
STI prevention
Access to healthcare
15
What is the major weakness of the family systems theory framework?
Focuses on the interaction of the family with other systems
Views families from both a subsystem and a supra-system approach
Views the family as an agent of change
Defines the direction of interactions
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Which of the following questions should the nurse plan to ask to gather appropriate date for an encomap?
“Do you have a family history of heart disease?”
“What kinds of foods does your family eat?”
“How does your family cultural beliefs influence your health values?”
“Is your family involved in any community organizations?”
17
Which demonstrates the importance of assessment to outcomes? Integrating the extended families:
Fosters equal family and provider commitment to success
Removes barriers to needed services to achieve success
Facilitates outcomes-oriented family nursing research
Decreases the need for nurse contact and intervention.
18
The Patient Self-Determination Act requires providers receiving Medicare & Medicaid funds give written info rearding?
Patient privacy
The cost of services
Legal options for treatment choices if the person becomes incapacitated
Patient rights
19
A diagram that displays the family unit across generations is called?
A genogram
A family plan
A risk plot
An ecomap
20
Which topics should the nurse discuss with young adults who are seen at the clinic?
Managing the common cold
Detecting congenital abnormalities
Accessing Medicare benefits
Preconception counseling
21
The method of shared effort and active equal involvement of the nurse and family is appropriate for which families?
Families seeking ambitious goals
Families oriented toward self-care
Families capable of taking responsibility
Families with poor coping skills
All families
22
In applying the developmental theory to families, what major assumption of this model does the nurse understand?
To view the individual clients as participating members of a whole family
Both nature and nurture shape the development of a child
Families have stressors based on changes in the family development
It is important to assess the family system as a whole
23
A nurse is working to improve student's health status in a lower socioeconomic urban community. They are at risk for?
Asthma
Childhood obesity
Attention deficit disorder (ADD)
Poisoning.
24
The parent asks the nurse why one of the questions asks whether there is a playground. The best response would be:
“Don’t worry about it. We are going to talk about all this anyway.”
“It’s important to good health to have adequate recreation resources.”
We want to be able to report any dangerous equipment to the city.”
“We want to know what neighborhood you’re in so we can assess income.”
25
Which is the most important principle to support the broader definition of family structure?
Families are defined by genetic ties
Family names are needed to confer status
Members of a family are self-defined
Traditional family functions have been redefined
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Besides including health risks and cosmetic effects for a teenage anti-smoking program, the nurse should also consider:
Effects on the environment
Behavior modification techniques
Social skills instruction to resist pressure to smoke
Laws regarding tobacco sales to minors
27
An underlying current throughout the special population groups with health disparities is:
Children
Minority groups
Aging
Poverty
28
A nurse designing a program to improve the health of frail elderly. What does the nurse need to address in this program?
Culture, religion, and race
Media and marketing initiatives
Racial/ethnic and sociological disparities
Vital statistics on mortality causes
29
A asks the client, “Have any of your blood relatives had mental illness?” The nurse is asking this question to:
Determine whether the family is stable.
Decide whether this family member needs medication
Demonstrate open-mindedness about mental illness
Assess for biological risk factors
30
A public health nurse is planning an in-service on older adult health. Which information should the nurse include?
Older adults take one-half of all prescription medications
Older adults have a decreased recovery time following injury
The percentage of older adults in the population is decreasing
The proportion of older adults who live alone is increasing
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The nurse understands working in the context of the existing family structure and community resources because families
Restricted in their ability to identify interventions
Unable to manage the stress of complex health needs
Responsible for providing/managing the care of their members
Resistive to outside intervention or involvement
32
The illegal use of a person for another person’s profit is known as:
Exploitation
Neglect
Incompetence.
Self-determination
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Which approach is used when interviewing each family member to see how they progress toward recovery?
Family as a client
Family as context
Family as a system
Family as a component of society
34
What terms are used to describe healthy families?
Resistant families
Dysfunctional
Functional families
Families with strengths
Resilient families
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The study of using family life events to predict developmental changes and identify solutions to challenges is?
Family functions
Family demographics
Family health
Family resilience