Family assessment

Question 1

What does a family assessment begin with

Answer 1

a complete health history

Question 2

What are the areas to assess in a fam assessment

Answer 2

Structure
Roles 
Physical Health status
Family values
Interaction patterns 
Coping resources

Question 3

What is assessed for structure

Answer 3

Size and type of family

Age and gender of fam membs

Question 4

What is assessed for roles

Answer 4

Ways child rearing responsibilities are shared 
satisfaction in their roles 
how tasks are divided 
how decisions are made 
who the major decision making is

Question 5

What is assessed for physical health status

Answer 5

current physical cont of membs 
perceptions of eachother and self 
What preventative health practices are used 
previous acute or chronic illness
routine health care 
when and why provider was seen last

Question 6

What is assessed for family values

Answer 6

culture
religion
use of leisure time and whether its shared with all
views on education
health values like exercise, diet and preventative care

Question 7

What is assessed in interaction patterns

Answer 7

ways of expressing emotion
most significant fam memb in their life
openness to communicate with all fam membs

Question 8

What is assessed in coping resources

Answer 8

Degree of emo supp
sources of stress
methods of handling stresss
financial ability to meet current and future needs

Question 9

To promote health the nurse must understand the health beliefs of the indiv and fam because

Answer 9

it can show if they have outdated or incorrect information

Question 10

Intrafamily communication play a signif role in

Answer 10

the dev of self esteem

Question 11

Nurses should observe what in intrafamily communication patterns

Answer 11

who does the talking for the fam
which members are silent
how disagreements are handled
how well the members listen to eachother

Question 12

What are some internal resources that families might have for coping

Answer 12

knowledge
skills
effective comm patterns
a sense of mutuality and purpose within the fam

Question 13

What are some external resouces that families might have for coping

Answer 13

extended fam 
friends
religious affiliations
health care pros
social services

Question 14

What are some symptoms that can indicate fam violence

Answer 14

burns 
cuts 
factures
depression
suicide attempts
substance abuse

Question 15

The vulnerability of families to health problems may be based ojn

Answer 15

maturity level of the fam 
hereditary factors
sex or ethnicity 
sociological factors 
lifestyle practices

Question 16

Which type of families are more likely to have H probs from maturity reasons

Answer 16

fams entering childrearing
single parents
adolescent parents
parents taking care of children and their own parents

Question 17

Which type of fams are more likely to have H probs from hereditary reasons

Answer 17

history of genetic disease

Question 18

Which type of fam are more likely to have H probs from sex or ethnocity reasons

Answer 18

those made up of mostly males or females as well as which ethnicity because some diseases are more common in particular groups

Question 19

What type of fam are more likely to have H probs from sociological F;s

Answer 19

poverty

Question 20

How about fams with H probs from lifestyle

Answer 20

doesnt use fluoride
exercise
smoking

Question 21

What are some common NANDA diagnoses for fam assessments

Answer 21

caregiver role strain 
disabled fam coping 
dysfunctional fam processes
Readiness for enhanced fam coping 
interrupted fam processes

Question 22

What are the factors that determine the impact of illness on the fam

Answer 22

nature of the illness
duration of the illnes
how permenant the illness is 
meaning of the illness to the fam
financial impact of the illness
effect on the future functioning of the fam

Question 23

What is the nurses role with fams experiencing illness

Answer 23

they make sure every fam member understands the health condition, its management, and its affect on fam functioning
assesses fams readiness to provide care at home
assesses available resources for the fam