NSG527 FINAL VIEW AHEAD EXAM 2026
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ 7 factors are revitalizing an interest in primary prevention?.
Answer: 1Need for a change in focus and national initiatives
2Consumerism and popular demand for increased self-control
3Wellness movement
4Growing acceptability of alternative health modalities
5Lack of access to health services
6Growing emphasis on health in advanced nursing practice
7Growth in managed care and cost-effective, quality outcomes
◉ Structural-Functional Strength(s) for Family Nursing?. Answer:
Comprehensive and recognizes the family within the context of the
community
◉ Family Social Science Theories Systems Theory ?. Answer: The
family as a set of interacting elements distinguishable from the
environment it interacts.
◉ Family Stress Theory?. Answer: Illness causing stress that changes
family dynamics.
,Resources in the family for dealing with the stressor(s).
Implications/reality of the event on families and how they will
adapt.
Limited application for meeting needs of healthy families-health
promotion and disease prevention
◉ Family Developmental Theory ?. Answer: Explains the
developmental changes of family members through the years.
Provides the ability to make predictions of family needs according
the life cycle
◉ A genogram ?. Answer: displays the family over three generations
in a straightforward schematic diagram.
◉ Genograms contain the following categories?. Answer: Ages
Dates of marriage, divorce, and death
Significant illnesses and mental disorders or chemical dependencies
Immigration/ethnicity
Geographic moves
Occupations
Race
, Religion
Males are represented by squares
Females are represented by circles
◉ 6 Principles of Communication?. Answer: 1All behavior is
communication—verbal or nonverbal.
2Communication has 2 levels-information and command;
information is the content of what is said while the command is the
intent and how the message is delivered both verbally and
nonverbally.
3Punctuations of communication include the circularity of
communication and how messages pertain to past communication
(See Figure 10-4, p. 270).
4Two types of communication are digital and analog; digital is
verbal with analog nonverbal behavior.
5Redundancy principle-families communicate with behavior
sequences that are repetitive and these assist with assessment of
family communication patterns.
6Communication is symmetrical or complementary; symmetrical
communication mirrors the other individual where complementary
behavior is supplemental.
◉ Family power within the family unit is determined by?. Answer:
the ability of a member to change the behavior of other family
members.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ 7 factors are revitalizing an interest in primary prevention?.
Answer: 1Need for a change in focus and national initiatives
2Consumerism and popular demand for increased self-control
3Wellness movement
4Growing acceptability of alternative health modalities
5Lack of access to health services
6Growing emphasis on health in advanced nursing practice
7Growth in managed care and cost-effective, quality outcomes
◉ Structural-Functional Strength(s) for Family Nursing?. Answer:
Comprehensive and recognizes the family within the context of the
community
◉ Family Social Science Theories Systems Theory ?. Answer: The
family as a set of interacting elements distinguishable from the
environment it interacts.
◉ Family Stress Theory?. Answer: Illness causing stress that changes
family dynamics.
,Resources in the family for dealing with the stressor(s).
Implications/reality of the event on families and how they will
adapt.
Limited application for meeting needs of healthy families-health
promotion and disease prevention
◉ Family Developmental Theory ?. Answer: Explains the
developmental changes of family members through the years.
Provides the ability to make predictions of family needs according
the life cycle
◉ A genogram ?. Answer: displays the family over three generations
in a straightforward schematic diagram.
◉ Genograms contain the following categories?. Answer: Ages
Dates of marriage, divorce, and death
Significant illnesses and mental disorders or chemical dependencies
Immigration/ethnicity
Geographic moves
Occupations
Race
, Religion
Males are represented by squares
Females are represented by circles
◉ 6 Principles of Communication?. Answer: 1All behavior is
communication—verbal or nonverbal.
2Communication has 2 levels-information and command;
information is the content of what is said while the command is the
intent and how the message is delivered both verbally and
nonverbally.
3Punctuations of communication include the circularity of
communication and how messages pertain to past communication
(See Figure 10-4, p. 270).
4Two types of communication are digital and analog; digital is
verbal with analog nonverbal behavior.
5Redundancy principle-families communicate with behavior
sequences that are repetitive and these assist with assessment of
family communication patterns.
6Communication is symmetrical or complementary; symmetrical
communication mirrors the other individual where complementary
behavior is supplemental.
◉ Family power within the family unit is determined by?. Answer:
the ability of a member to change the behavior of other family
members.
