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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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A nurse is conducting a class for prospective focusing on new skills, needed resources & planning. This is addressing
Biology
Behavior
Environment
Transitions
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Which social science theories used by public health describes how environments outside influence the child over time
Life-cycle theory
Family systems theory
Bioecological systems theory
Family developmental theory
3
The method of shared effort and active equal involvement of the nurse and family is appropriate for which families?
Families oriented toward self-care
Families capable of taking responsibility
Families seeking ambitious goals
All families
Families with poor coping skills
4
The illegal use of a person for another person’s profit is known as:
Self-determination
Incompetence.
Exploitation
Neglect
5
The underlying principle to empowerment is?
Professional-client partnership
Professional dominance
Client dominance.
Decreased competence
6
A nurse is working with a married couple that decided to remain child-free. The nurse recognizes this decision as a
Biological necessity
Threat to family survival
Religious belief decision
Contemporary family function
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A diagram that displays the family unit across generations is called?
An ecomap
A genogram
A family plan
A risk plot
8
Which approach is used when interviewing each family member to see how they progress toward recovery?
Family as a client
Family as a component of society
Family as a system
Family as context
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What terms are used to describe healthy families?
Dysfunctional
Functional families
Families with strengths
Resilient families
Resistant families
10
What is the major weakness of the family systems theory framework?
Views the family as an agent of change
Views families from both a subsystem and a supra-system approach
Focuses on the interaction of the family with other systems
Defines the direction of interactions
11
The contract states the family will have one night as a family night. The nurse is most likely using the contract to:
Shift the responsibility so that it becomes a shared effort.
Let the family know that this is a legal agreement.
Make sure the family does what is expected.
u Encourage the family to put plans in writing.
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In applying the developmental theory to families, what major assumption of this model does the nurse understand?
Families have stressors based on changes in the family development
Both nature and nurture shape the development of a child
To view the individual clients as participating members of a whole family
It is important to assess the family system as a whole
13
The study of using family life events to predict developmental changes and identify solutions to challenges is?
Family demographics
Family functions
Family health
Family resilience
14
Which topics should the nurse choose to target a major concern for school-aged children?
Cholesterol screening
Skin cancer detection
Access to healthcare
STI prevention
15
One member of an older couple has just retired. This is considered a:
Nonnormative event that will have psychological impact on the family.
Normative event and will have little effect on the family’ well-being.
Developmental stage that will help the family with stress reduction.
Normative event and can increase the family’s risk for illness.
16
The most common causes of preventable disease, disability, and death among children are:
Physical activity.
Maintaining a healthful diet
Cardiovascular health
Injuries and accidents
17
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?”
“How does your family cultural beliefs influence your health values?”
“What kinds of foods does your family eat?”
“Is your family involved in any community organizations?”
18
An underlying current throughout the special population groups with health disparities is:
Minority groups
Children
Poverty
Aging
19
The parent asks the nurse why one of the questions asks whether there is a playground. The best response would be:
We want to be able to report any dangerous equipment to the city.”
“Don’t worry about it. We are going to talk about all this anyway.”
“We want to know what neighborhood you’re in so we can assess income.”
“It’s important to good health to have adequate recreation resources.”
20
Diabetes mortality rates continue to rise for all ethnic and socioeconomic groups, but evidence shows which to be true?
Selection of healthy food options is an availability & an education issue
Standard of living does not affect decision making
Community-based education programs have done little to address the problem
Addressing the epidemic involves more than a focus on individual factors
Complications & mortality rates are high among low-income & minority groups
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A asks the client, “Have any of your blood relatives had mental illness?” The nurse is asking this question to:
Decide whether this family member needs medication
Assess for biological risk factors
Demonstrate open-mindedness about mental illness
Determine whether the family is stable.
22
A nurse is working to improve student's health status in a lower socioeconomic urban community. They are at risk for?
Attention deficit disorder (ADD)
Poisoning.
Childhood obesity
Asthma
23
A nurse designing a program to improve the health of frail elderly. What does the nurse need to address in this program?
Media and marketing initiatives
Vital statistics on mortality causes
Racial/ethnic and sociological disparities
Culture, religion, and race
24
The Patient Self-Determination Act requires providers receiving Medicare & Medicaid funds give written info rearding?
Legal options for treatment choices if the person becomes incapacitated
The cost of services
Patient rights
Patient privacy
25
Which of the following statements are true regarding the health-related vulnerabilities of men?
Men are less likely to be honest about their symptoms
Fewer health services are emphasized for men
Men do not participate in health care at the same level as women
More males die at birth
26
the working poor and uninsured places a major burden on the current health care system. This can be seen as a major?
Policy issue
Nursing issue
Social issue
Health risk issue
Behavioral issue.
27
A parent questions whether God is punishing them because the child was diagnosed with leukemia. The best response is?
“Tell me more about your family’s spiritual beliefs.”
“That is not part of my religious belief system, so I don’t know.”
"God is loving and doesn’t punish people.”
“Why do you think your family needed to be punished?”
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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
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A federal program that attempts to promote healthier diets for vulnerable populations is:
Medicaid
Medicare.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
30
Which is the most important principle to support the broader definition of family structure?
Members of a family are self-defined
Traditional family functions have been redefined
Family names are needed to confer status
Families are defined by genetic ties
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The community health nurse is aware that LGBTQI adults are more likely to experience which conditions?
Obesity
Poor mental health
Cardiovascular disease
Poverty
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Which demonstrates the importance of assessment to outcomes? Integrating the extended families:
Decreases the need for nurse contact and intervention.
Removes barriers to needed services to achieve success
Fosters equal family and provider commitment to success
Facilitates outcomes-oriented family nursing research
33
Besides including health risks and cosmetic effects for a teenage anti-smoking program, the nurse should also consider:
Social skills instruction to resist pressure to smoke
Laws regarding tobacco sales to minors
Behavior modification techniques
Effects on the environment
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A public health nurse is planning an in-service on older adult health. Which information should the nurse include?
Older adults have a decreased recovery time following injury
The proportion of older adults who live alone is increasing
Older adults take one-half of all prescription medications
The percentage of older adults in the population is decreasing
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Which topics should the nurse discuss with young adults who are seen at the clinic?
Accessing Medicare benefits
Managing the common cold
Preconception counseling
Detecting congenital abnormalities