Deck 13: Putting It All Together

Question 1

The nurse is establishing a therapeutic relationship with the family. This takes place during which phase?

A) Assessment
B) Engagement
C) Intervention
D) Termination

Answer 1

Engagement

Question 2

During the interview, the nurse asks circular questions. Which is not a circular question?

A) "How have things changed since the birth of the baby?"
B) "How often do you think we should meet?"
C) "How would things be different if you changed jobs?"
D) "What was the family dynamic like before the baby was born?"

Answer 2

"How often do you think we should meet?"

Question 3

The nurse wants to create a cognitive intervention. Which is a cognitive intervention?

A) Family members will participate in a support group.
B) Family members will practice mindfulness.
C) Each family member will identify his or her roles in caring for the client.
D) Each family member will identify strengths and coping skills.

Answer 3

Each family member will identify his or her roles in caring for the client.

Question 4

The nurse wants to create an affective intervention. Which is an affective intervention?

A) Each family member will state what the member knows about the disease.
B) The family will be given information about home health and respite care.
C) The client will keep a sleep journal.
D) Every family member will acknowledge how hard the caregiver role is.

Question 5

The nurse wants to create several behavioral interventions for the family. Which is not a behavioral intervention?

A) Keeping a food diary
B) Attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
C) Watching captured webinars on services for seniors
D) Taking an interactive quiz about multiple sclerosis

Question 6

The nurse encourages the family members to each share a positive comment about another family member's feelings. In which domain does this intervention fall?

A) Affective
B) Behavioral
C) Cognitive
D) None of the above

Question 7

A nurse is working with a family that has a teenager who has a conduct disorder. Which intervention would be the least appropriate?

A) Sharing information about the challenges of adolescents with the parents
B) Sharing information about the growth and development of adolescents with the parents
C) Identifying conflict management strategies
D) Teaching parents to discount feelings and behaviors

Question 8

The nurse is preparing a report on an interview with a family whose primary caregiver is no longer able to do shopping and cooking. In which section should the nurse document which family members are doing these chores?

A) Structure
B) Developmental
C) Functional
D) Demographic

Question 9

A couple has decided to focus on strategies to improve their marriage after their son goes to college. In which section would the nurse document this information?

A) Structure
B) Developmental
C) Functional
D) Demographic

Question 10

The nurse is documenting the interview. In which section would information about the family members' lack of boundaries be charted?

A) Structure
B) Developmental
C) Functional
D) Demographic

Question 11

The nurse is charting after an interview. Which would be charted in the structure section?

A) The client's telephone number
B) The father saying he is spending more time helping the child with homework
C) The child saying the parent does not understand his need to go out with friends
D) The husband saying he has had to take over the family finances

Question 12

The nurse is charting in the functional section. Which should be documented in this section?

A) An older child expressing frustration at having to make lunches for her siblings and take them to school every morning
B) A client's emergency contact information
C) A parent stating that she does not understand why the child does not want to do homework anymore
D) A child saying her father loves her sister more than he loves her

Question 13

Which should be documented by the nurse in the functional section? Select all that apply.

A) Difficulty paying bills
B) Difficulty getting medication prescriptions
C) Testing boundaries in adolescence
D) Struggling with expressing feelings

Question 14

Which should be documented by the nurse in the structure section? Select all that apply.

A) Lack of boundaries among family members
B) Conflict over an adolescent getting a job
C) Changes in family dynamics
D) Family stressors related to changes in family roles

Question 15

Which should be documented by the nurse in the developmental section? Select all that apply.

A) Aging children making more friendships outside the home
B) New parents shifting focus away from their careers and toward their children
C) Family adjusting to mother-in-law moving in after her husband dies
D) Husband feeling unable to express emotions around mother-in-law moving in