NURS 5433 FAMILY II Midterm Exam
Review Test Bank Updated / UTA NURS
5433 Midterm Exam Practice Test 2026 (A
Review of 250 Latest Questions for Midterm
Exam Preparation)
Family Nursing Competences: Generalist ..........ANSWER.......1. Enhance and
promote family health
2. focus nursing practice on family's strengths, the support of family and
individual growth, the improvement of family self-management abilities, the
facilitation of successful life transitions, the improvement and management
of health, and the mobilization of family resources.
3. Demonstrate leadership and systems thinking skills to ensure the quality
of nursing care with families in everyday practice and across every content.
4. Practice using evidence-based practice
What are the four views of family through a lens?
..........ANSWER.......Systems
Component
Context
Client
,Family as Context ..........ANSWER.......Family centered, family focused,
The first approach to family nursing focuses on the ax and care of an
individual client in which family is context.
Traditional nursing focus, individual is foreground, family background. The
family serves as a context for the individual as either a resource or stressor to
the individual health or illness. This approach is rooted in the speciality of
maternal-child nursing and underlies the philosophy of many maternity and
peds health care settings.
Family as Client ..........ANSWER.......The family nurse is interested in the
way all family members are individually affected by the health event of one
family member. In this approach, all members of the family are in the
foreground. The family is seen as the sum of individual family members, and
the focus is concentrated on each individual. The nurses assesses and
provides healthcare for each person in the family. Typically seen in the
communities where Primary care Physicians, or NPs provide care over time
to all individuals in a given family.
Family as foreground, individual as background
Family as System ..........ANSWER.......The family as a whole as the client;
here, the family is viewed as an interactional system in which the whole is
more than the sum of its parts. In other words, the interactions between
,family members become the target for the nursing interventions. The
interventions flow from the ax of the family as a whole.
Interactions between family members become the target for nursing
interventions. The interventions flow from the ax of the family as a whole.
The family nursing system approach focuses on the individual and family
simultaneously. Emphasis on interactions between family members. When
something happens to to one part of the system, the other parts of the
system are affected.
Family as a Component of Society ..........ANSWER.......The family is viewed
as one of many institutions of society, similar to health, educational,
religious, or economic institutions. The family is a basic primary unit of
society, and it is part of the larger system of society. Family as a whole,
interacts with other institutions to receive, exchange, or give communication
and services. Family social scientist first used this approach in their studies
of families in society.
Family structure ..........ANSWER.......The ordered set of relationships within
the family, without respect to roles and function. Doesn't indicate how
healthy a family is or how it functions. Multitude of family forms, different
family types have their strengths and limitations, which directly or indirectly
affect individual and family health.
, What should the nurse identify when determining family structure?
..........ANSWER.......The individual who comprise the family and the
individuals in the family. The relationships between them. The interactions
between family members. The interactions with other social systems.
Single family ..........ANSWER.......living alone, never married.
Nuclear dyad/childless ..........ANSWER.......married couple, no children
Nuclear ..........ANSWER.......Two generations of family, parents, and their
own or adopted children residing in the same household.
Binuclear ..........ANSWER.......Two post-divorce families with children as
members of both
Extended/Multigenerational ..........ANSWER.......Two or more adult
generations and one that include grandparents and grandchildren in the
same household.
Review Test Bank Updated / UTA NURS
5433 Midterm Exam Practice Test 2026 (A
Review of 250 Latest Questions for Midterm
Exam Preparation)
Family Nursing Competences: Generalist ..........ANSWER.......1. Enhance and
promote family health
2. focus nursing practice on family's strengths, the support of family and
individual growth, the improvement of family self-management abilities, the
facilitation of successful life transitions, the improvement and management
of health, and the mobilization of family resources.
3. Demonstrate leadership and systems thinking skills to ensure the quality
of nursing care with families in everyday practice and across every content.
4. Practice using evidence-based practice
What are the four views of family through a lens?
..........ANSWER.......Systems
Component
Context
Client
,Family as Context ..........ANSWER.......Family centered, family focused,
The first approach to family nursing focuses on the ax and care of an
individual client in which family is context.
Traditional nursing focus, individual is foreground, family background. The
family serves as a context for the individual as either a resource or stressor to
the individual health or illness. This approach is rooted in the speciality of
maternal-child nursing and underlies the philosophy of many maternity and
peds health care settings.
Family as Client ..........ANSWER.......The family nurse is interested in the
way all family members are individually affected by the health event of one
family member. In this approach, all members of the family are in the
foreground. The family is seen as the sum of individual family members, and
the focus is concentrated on each individual. The nurses assesses and
provides healthcare for each person in the family. Typically seen in the
communities where Primary care Physicians, or NPs provide care over time
to all individuals in a given family.
Family as foreground, individual as background
Family as System ..........ANSWER.......The family as a whole as the client;
here, the family is viewed as an interactional system in which the whole is
more than the sum of its parts. In other words, the interactions between
,family members become the target for the nursing interventions. The
interventions flow from the ax of the family as a whole.
Interactions between family members become the target for nursing
interventions. The interventions flow from the ax of the family as a whole.
The family nursing system approach focuses on the individual and family
simultaneously. Emphasis on interactions between family members. When
something happens to to one part of the system, the other parts of the
system are affected.
Family as a Component of Society ..........ANSWER.......The family is viewed
as one of many institutions of society, similar to health, educational,
religious, or economic institutions. The family is a basic primary unit of
society, and it is part of the larger system of society. Family as a whole,
interacts with other institutions to receive, exchange, or give communication
and services. Family social scientist first used this approach in their studies
of families in society.
Family structure ..........ANSWER.......The ordered set of relationships within
the family, without respect to roles and function. Doesn't indicate how
healthy a family is or how it functions. Multitude of family forms, different
family types have their strengths and limitations, which directly or indirectly
affect individual and family health.
, What should the nurse identify when determining family structure?
..........ANSWER.......The individual who comprise the family and the
individuals in the family. The relationships between them. The interactions
between family members. The interactions with other social systems.
Single family ..........ANSWER.......living alone, never married.
Nuclear dyad/childless ..........ANSWER.......married couple, no children
Nuclear ..........ANSWER.......Two generations of family, parents, and their
own or adopted children residing in the same household.
Binuclear ..........ANSWER.......Two post-divorce families with children as
members of both
Extended/Multigenerational ..........ANSWER.......Two or more adult
generations and one that include grandparents and grandchildren in the
same household.
