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Families A Guide to Family Assessment and
Intervention 8th Edition Zahra Shajani
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Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
Chapter 1: Family Assessment and Intervention: An Overview
1. The nurse is including the family of a 32-year-old client in her interview. What is the rationale
for including the family of this adult in the interview?
A. The client will become debilitated and need the family to provide care.
B. The client’s illness impacts the entire family.
C. The family will need to support the client as he heals.
D. The family has information the nurse practitioner needs about the client.
Answer:
2. The nurse is explaining the focus of family nursing assessment and intervention to the family
members. She explains that which are the interacting parts of reciprocity?
A. Parents, children, and health-care providers
B. Nurses, physicians, and clients
C. Health, illness, and family
D. Men, women, and children
Answer:
3. The nursing instructor is explaining family systems nursing. Which of these theories is not
synthesized into family systems nursing?
A. Cybernetics
B. Change
C. Family therapy
D. Informatics
Answer:
4. Nurses collaborate with many professionals to care for their clients. Which professional would
be most concerned with the emotional ties within the family?
A. An economist
B. A sociologist
C. A psychologist
D. A psychiatrist
Answer:
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Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
5. The nurse has just graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN). Which is the least
accurate statement about her scope of practice?
A. She primarily views the family as a client rather than a context.
B. She is considered a nurse generalist.
C. She focuses on family interaction and reciprocity.
D. She predominately conceptualizes the family as a unit of care.
Answer:
6. The Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) is a multidimensional framework consisting
of three major categories. Which is not one of these categories?
A. Developmental
B. Functional
C. Foundational
D. Structural
Answer:
7. Based on what the nurse knows about the Calgary Family Intervention Model (CFIM), which
of these would be the best response to the family?
A. “Let’s let the client begin first.”
B. “I have much experience in handling family matters of this type.”
C. “That appears to be a great strength in this family.”
D. “This method is rooted in modernism.”
Answer:
8. The client asks the nurse why the nurse uses the term intervention, yet the physician always
uses the term diagnosis. Which is the best explanation of the difference?
A. “Interventions are interactional in nature. They occur in a relationship.”
B. “Intervention is a nursing term, whereas diagnosis is reserved for medicine.”
C. “We are from different disciplines, so we use different vocabulary.”
D. “They mean the same thing.”
Answer:
9. The nurse decides to visit the family of a client with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD). Which action would the nurse take to ensure interventions are effective?
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Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
A. Focus on the needs of the client
B. Accept the family’s perception of reality
C. Work to identify the real problem in the family
D. Use interviewing skills to understand family function
Answer:
10. The nurse is preparing to transition an elderly client to another level of care. Which is the
least important priority?
A. Providing timely communication to the family and caregiving team
B. Involving the client and caregiver in establishing goals
C. Educating the family about resources and levels of care
D. Notifying the insurance company of the change
Answer:
11. The nurse finds that more of her clients are asking for applications and Web sites to promote
health. For which reason would additional research be needed about the use of Web-based
interventions?
A. To evaluate the flexibility of Web-based interventions
B. To identify the accessibility of Web-based interventions
C. To examine family-centered processes as primary outcomes
D. To determine the amount of time needed to use the technology
Answer:
12. The nurse is bringing the family session to a close. What is the best way to determine when
the next appointment should be scheduled?
A. Ask the family members how many meetings they believe it will take to resolve the problem.
B. Schedule the next session and determine after each session how many more are needed.
C. The insurance company will determine a reasonable amount.
D. Offer the same time on the same day of the week each week to develop a habit.
Answer:
13. The nurse is determining the need for a family intervention. Which would be the lowest
priority?
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Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
A. A child being bullied on social media
B. An elderly client receiving a terminal diagnosis
C. The birth of a child
D. A child making the soccer team
Answer:
14. The nurse is surprised that the family does not want an intervention. Which would be an
unusual reason for a family not to want an intervention?
A. The nurse works for the state department of social services.
B. The nurse once dated a member of the family.
C. The nurse works at the hospital where one of the family members is being admitted.
D. The client is moving to another state.
Answer:
15. The nurse is reviewing charts to determine which family needs a family intervention. Which
would be the least appropriate?
A. A family member dies after a long, terminal disease.
B. An adolescent strives to make the cheerleading team to please her sick mother.
C. A child begins doing poorly in school.
D. A young adult returns home after a long stay in a drug rehabilitation facility.
Answer:
,Shajani, Nurses and Families 8e
Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
Chapter 1: Family Assessment and Intervention: An Overview – Answers and Rationales
1. The nurse is including the family of a 32-year-old client in her interview. What is the rationale
for including the family of this adult in the interview?
A. The client will become debilitated and need the family to provide care.
B. The client’s illness impacts the entire family.
C. The family will need to support the client as he heals.
D. The family has information the nurse practitioner needs about the client.
ANS: B
Page: 2
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. There is no evidence that the client will become debilitated.
B. This is correct. When a client is ill, the entire family is impacted and should be
considered in the assessment and intervention.
C. This is incorrect. There is no evidence that the client will need support from the
family.
D. This is incorrect. Although the family members may have information about the
client, this is not the primary reason for including them in the interview.
2. The nurse is explaining the focus of family nursing assessment and intervention to the family
members. She explains that which are the interacting parts of reciprocity?
A. Parents, children, and health-care providers
B. Nurses, physicians, and clients
C. Health, illness, and family
D. Men, women, and children
ANS: C
Page: 2
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. Parents, children, and health-care providers may interact but
are not considered the interacting parts of reciprocity.
B. This is incorrect. Although nurses, physicians, and clients should interact, they
are not considered the interacting parts of reciprocity.
C. This is correct. The interacting parts of reciprocity are the family and its
interaction with health and illness.
D. This is incorrect. Men, women, and children interact as a family, but they are not
related to health and illness.
3. The nursing instructor is explaining family systems nursing. Which of these theories is not
synthesized into family systems nursing?
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Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
A. Cybernetics
B. Change
C. Family therapy
D. Informatics
ANS: D
Page: 2
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. Cybernetics theory is synthesized into family systems nursing.
B. This is incorrect. Change theory is synthesized into family systems nursing.
C. This is incorrect. Family therapy theory is synthesized into family systems
nursing.
D. This is correct. Informatics theory is not synthesized into family systems
nursing.
4. Nurses collaborate with many professionals to care for their clients. Which professional would
be most concerned with the emotional ties within the family?
A. An economist
B. A sociologist
C. A psychologist
D. A psychiatrist
ANS: C
Page: 4
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. An economist would be concerned with how the family works
together to meet material needs.
B. This is incorrect. A sociologist would be concerned with how the family relates
with society.
C. This is correct. A psychologist would be most concerned with the emotional ties
within the family.
D. This is incorrect. A psychiatrist would be most concerned with medication
management.
5. The nurse has just graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN). Which is the least
accurate about her scope of practice?
A. She primarily views the family as a client rather than a context.
B. She is considered a nurse generalist.
C. She focuses on family interaction and reciprocity.
D. She predominately conceptualizes the family as a unit of care.
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Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
ANS: A
Page: 4
Feedback
A. This is correct. Nurses with a BSN usually view the family as a context, rather
than a client.
B. This is incorrect. Nurses with a BSN are considered nurse generalists.
C. This is incorrect. Higher-level nurses with BSNs focus on family interaction and
reciprocity.
D. This is incorrect. Nurses at the graduate level, rather than those with a BSN,
conceptualize the family as a unit of care.
6. The Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) is a multidimensional framework consisting
of three major categories. Which is not one of these categories?
A. Developmental
B. Functional
C. Foundational
D. Structural
ANS: C
Page: 6
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. Developmental is one of the categories of the CFAM.
B. This is incorrect. Functional is one of the categories of the CFAM.
C. This is correct. Foundational is not one of the categories of the CFAM.
D. This is incorrect. Structural is one of the categories of the CFAM.
7. Based on what the nurse knows about the Calgary Family Intervention Model (CFIM), which
of these would be the best response to the family?
A. “Let’s let the client begin first.”
B. “I have much experience in handling family matters of this type.”
C. “That appears to be a great strength in this family.”
D. “This method is rooted in modernism.”
ANS: C
Page: 9
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. The CFIM is nonhierarchal, so the entire family contributes
equally.
B. This is incorrect. The CFIM assumes that the family is the expert on the family
, Shajani, Nurses and Families 8e
Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
system.
C. This is correct. The CFIM is a strengths-based model.
D. This is incorrect. The CFIM is rooted in postmodernism, or an emphasis on
subjectivity.
8. The client asks the nurse why the nurse uses the term intervention, yet the physician always
uses the term diagnosis. Which is the best explanation of the difference?
A. “Interventions are interactional in nature. They occur in a relationship.”
B. “Intervention is a nursing term, whereas diagnosis is reserved for medicine.”
C. “We are from different disciplines, so we use different vocabulary.”
D. “They mean the same thing.”
ANS: A
Page: 9
Feedback
A. This is correct. Interventions are interactions between the nurse and the client.
B. This is incorrect. Physicians do interventions, and nurses have nursing
diagnoses.
C. This is incorrect. As health-care workers collaborate, they should be using
similar terms with the same meaning.
D. This is incorrect. Intervention and diagnosis do not have the same meaning.
9. The nurse decides to visit the family of a client with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD). Which action would the nurse take to ensure interventions are effective?
A. Focus on the needs of the client.
B. Accept the family’s perception of reality.
C. Work to identify the real problem in the family.
D. Use interviewing skills to understand family function.
ANS: D
Page: 13-14
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. If certain family members are consistently addressed first, other
family members may disengage and further interventions may not be effective.
B. This is incorrect. Reality is the result of a personal construct. If the reality is not
supporting the intervention, the family should be assisted to develop new ways
of interacting in the family.
C. This is incorrect. It is unwise to attempt to ascertain what is really going on with
a family or what the real problem or suffering is.
D. This is correct. The nurse must possess family interviewing skills and must be
Families A Guide to Family Assessment and
Intervention 8th Edition Zahra Shajani
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel
sheet if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make
update at every time. There are many
new editions waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file
You can contact us at every time, we can
replace it with true one.
Our email:
,Shajani, Nurses and Families 8e
Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
Chapter 1: Family Assessment and Intervention: An Overview
1. The nurse is including the family of a 32-year-old client in her interview. What is the rationale
for including the family of this adult in the interview?
A. The client will become debilitated and need the family to provide care.
B. The client’s illness impacts the entire family.
C. The family will need to support the client as he heals.
D. The family has information the nurse practitioner needs about the client.
Answer:
2. The nurse is explaining the focus of family nursing assessment and intervention to the family
members. She explains that which are the interacting parts of reciprocity?
A. Parents, children, and health-care providers
B. Nurses, physicians, and clients
C. Health, illness, and family
D. Men, women, and children
Answer:
3. The nursing instructor is explaining family systems nursing. Which of these theories is not
synthesized into family systems nursing?
A. Cybernetics
B. Change
C. Family therapy
D. Informatics
Answer:
4. Nurses collaborate with many professionals to care for their clients. Which professional would
be most concerned with the emotional ties within the family?
A. An economist
B. A sociologist
C. A psychologist
D. A psychiatrist
Answer:
,Shajani, Nurses and Families 8e
Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
5. The nurse has just graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN). Which is the least
accurate statement about her scope of practice?
A. She primarily views the family as a client rather than a context.
B. She is considered a nurse generalist.
C. She focuses on family interaction and reciprocity.
D. She predominately conceptualizes the family as a unit of care.
Answer:
6. The Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) is a multidimensional framework consisting
of three major categories. Which is not one of these categories?
A. Developmental
B. Functional
C. Foundational
D. Structural
Answer:
7. Based on what the nurse knows about the Calgary Family Intervention Model (CFIM), which
of these would be the best response to the family?
A. “Let’s let the client begin first.”
B. “I have much experience in handling family matters of this type.”
C. “That appears to be a great strength in this family.”
D. “This method is rooted in modernism.”
Answer:
8. The client asks the nurse why the nurse uses the term intervention, yet the physician always
uses the term diagnosis. Which is the best explanation of the difference?
A. “Interventions are interactional in nature. They occur in a relationship.”
B. “Intervention is a nursing term, whereas diagnosis is reserved for medicine.”
C. “We are from different disciplines, so we use different vocabulary.”
D. “They mean the same thing.”
Answer:
9. The nurse decides to visit the family of a client with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD). Which action would the nurse take to ensure interventions are effective?
,Shajani, Nurses and Families 8e
Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
A. Focus on the needs of the client
B. Accept the family’s perception of reality
C. Work to identify the real problem in the family
D. Use interviewing skills to understand family function
Answer:
10. The nurse is preparing to transition an elderly client to another level of care. Which is the
least important priority?
A. Providing timely communication to the family and caregiving team
B. Involving the client and caregiver in establishing goals
C. Educating the family about resources and levels of care
D. Notifying the insurance company of the change
Answer:
11. The nurse finds that more of her clients are asking for applications and Web sites to promote
health. For which reason would additional research be needed about the use of Web-based
interventions?
A. To evaluate the flexibility of Web-based interventions
B. To identify the accessibility of Web-based interventions
C. To examine family-centered processes as primary outcomes
D. To determine the amount of time needed to use the technology
Answer:
12. The nurse is bringing the family session to a close. What is the best way to determine when
the next appointment should be scheduled?
A. Ask the family members how many meetings they believe it will take to resolve the problem.
B. Schedule the next session and determine after each session how many more are needed.
C. The insurance company will determine a reasonable amount.
D. Offer the same time on the same day of the week each week to develop a habit.
Answer:
13. The nurse is determining the need for a family intervention. Which would be the lowest
priority?
,Shajani, Nurses and Families 8e
Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
A. A child being bullied on social media
B. An elderly client receiving a terminal diagnosis
C. The birth of a child
D. A child making the soccer team
Answer:
14. The nurse is surprised that the family does not want an intervention. Which would be an
unusual reason for a family not to want an intervention?
A. The nurse works for the state department of social services.
B. The nurse once dated a member of the family.
C. The nurse works at the hospital where one of the family members is being admitted.
D. The client is moving to another state.
Answer:
15. The nurse is reviewing charts to determine which family needs a family intervention. Which
would be the least appropriate?
A. A family member dies after a long, terminal disease.
B. An adolescent strives to make the cheerleading team to please her sick mother.
C. A child begins doing poorly in school.
D. A young adult returns home after a long stay in a drug rehabilitation facility.
Answer:
,Shajani, Nurses and Families 8e
Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
Chapter 1: Family Assessment and Intervention: An Overview – Answers and Rationales
1. The nurse is including the family of a 32-year-old client in her interview. What is the rationale
for including the family of this adult in the interview?
A. The client will become debilitated and need the family to provide care.
B. The client’s illness impacts the entire family.
C. The family will need to support the client as he heals.
D. The family has information the nurse practitioner needs about the client.
ANS: B
Page: 2
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. There is no evidence that the client will become debilitated.
B. This is correct. When a client is ill, the entire family is impacted and should be
considered in the assessment and intervention.
C. This is incorrect. There is no evidence that the client will need support from the
family.
D. This is incorrect. Although the family members may have information about the
client, this is not the primary reason for including them in the interview.
2. The nurse is explaining the focus of family nursing assessment and intervention to the family
members. She explains that which are the interacting parts of reciprocity?
A. Parents, children, and health-care providers
B. Nurses, physicians, and clients
C. Health, illness, and family
D. Men, women, and children
ANS: C
Page: 2
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. Parents, children, and health-care providers may interact but
are not considered the interacting parts of reciprocity.
B. This is incorrect. Although nurses, physicians, and clients should interact, they
are not considered the interacting parts of reciprocity.
C. This is correct. The interacting parts of reciprocity are the family and its
interaction with health and illness.
D. This is incorrect. Men, women, and children interact as a family, but they are not
related to health and illness.
3. The nursing instructor is explaining family systems nursing. Which of these theories is not
synthesized into family systems nursing?
,Shajani, Nurses and Families 8e
Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
A. Cybernetics
B. Change
C. Family therapy
D. Informatics
ANS: D
Page: 2
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. Cybernetics theory is synthesized into family systems nursing.
B. This is incorrect. Change theory is synthesized into family systems nursing.
C. This is incorrect. Family therapy theory is synthesized into family systems
nursing.
D. This is correct. Informatics theory is not synthesized into family systems
nursing.
4. Nurses collaborate with many professionals to care for their clients. Which professional would
be most concerned with the emotional ties within the family?
A. An economist
B. A sociologist
C. A psychologist
D. A psychiatrist
ANS: C
Page: 4
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. An economist would be concerned with how the family works
together to meet material needs.
B. This is incorrect. A sociologist would be concerned with how the family relates
with society.
C. This is correct. A psychologist would be most concerned with the emotional ties
within the family.
D. This is incorrect. A psychiatrist would be most concerned with medication
management.
5. The nurse has just graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN). Which is the least
accurate about her scope of practice?
A. She primarily views the family as a client rather than a context.
B. She is considered a nurse generalist.
C. She focuses on family interaction and reciprocity.
D. She predominately conceptualizes the family as a unit of care.
,Shajani, Nurses and Families 8e
Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
ANS: A
Page: 4
Feedback
A. This is correct. Nurses with a BSN usually view the family as a context, rather
than a client.
B. This is incorrect. Nurses with a BSN are considered nurse generalists.
C. This is incorrect. Higher-level nurses with BSNs focus on family interaction and
reciprocity.
D. This is incorrect. Nurses at the graduate level, rather than those with a BSN,
conceptualize the family as a unit of care.
6. The Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) is a multidimensional framework consisting
of three major categories. Which is not one of these categories?
A. Developmental
B. Functional
C. Foundational
D. Structural
ANS: C
Page: 6
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. Developmental is one of the categories of the CFAM.
B. This is incorrect. Functional is one of the categories of the CFAM.
C. This is correct. Foundational is not one of the categories of the CFAM.
D. This is incorrect. Structural is one of the categories of the CFAM.
7. Based on what the nurse knows about the Calgary Family Intervention Model (CFIM), which
of these would be the best response to the family?
A. “Let’s let the client begin first.”
B. “I have much experience in handling family matters of this type.”
C. “That appears to be a great strength in this family.”
D. “This method is rooted in modernism.”
ANS: C
Page: 9
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. The CFIM is nonhierarchal, so the entire family contributes
equally.
B. This is incorrect. The CFIM assumes that the family is the expert on the family
, Shajani, Nurses and Families 8e
Instructor Test Bank, Ch 1
system.
C. This is correct. The CFIM is a strengths-based model.
D. This is incorrect. The CFIM is rooted in postmodernism, or an emphasis on
subjectivity.
8. The client asks the nurse why the nurse uses the term intervention, yet the physician always
uses the term diagnosis. Which is the best explanation of the difference?
A. “Interventions are interactional in nature. They occur in a relationship.”
B. “Intervention is a nursing term, whereas diagnosis is reserved for medicine.”
C. “We are from different disciplines, so we use different vocabulary.”
D. “They mean the same thing.”
ANS: A
Page: 9
Feedback
A. This is correct. Interventions are interactions between the nurse and the client.
B. This is incorrect. Physicians do interventions, and nurses have nursing
diagnoses.
C. This is incorrect. As health-care workers collaborate, they should be using
similar terms with the same meaning.
D. This is incorrect. Intervention and diagnosis do not have the same meaning.
9. The nurse decides to visit the family of a client with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD). Which action would the nurse take to ensure interventions are effective?
A. Focus on the needs of the client.
B. Accept the family’s perception of reality.
C. Work to identify the real problem in the family.
D. Use interviewing skills to understand family function.
ANS: D
Page: 13-14
Feedback
A. This is incorrect. If certain family members are consistently addressed first, other
family members may disengage and further interventions may not be effective.
B. This is incorrect. Reality is the result of a personal construct. If the reality is not
supporting the intervention, the family should be assisted to develop new ways
of interacting in the family.
C. This is incorrect. It is unwise to attempt to ascertain what is really going on with
a family or what the real problem or suffering is.
D. This is correct. The nurse must possess family interviewing skills and must be
