2025/2026 UTA NURS 5433 Family Nursing III
Prevention Case Study Solution:
Comprehensive Guide to Pass Exams on First
Attempt
universally agreed-upon definition of family. Legal
Definition of Family - ANSWER//relationships through
blood ties, adoption, guardianship or marriage Biological
Definition of Family - ANSWER//Genetic biological
networks among and between people. Who is
biologically connected to that family member?
Epidemiology, hereditary disease. Sociological Definition
of Family - ANSWER//Groups of people living together
with or without legal or biological ties I.e Kibbutz
Psychological Definition of Family - ANSWER//Groups
with strong emotional ties. People that want to be
together are really connected emotionally so they end
up staying with each other. The textbooks definition of
family - ANSWER//Family refers to two or more
individuals who depend on one another for emotional,
physical, and economic support. The members of the
family are self-defined. Family is who they say they are,
nurses who work with families should ask clients who
they consider to be members of their family and should
include those persons in health care planning with the
patient's permission. What is family health? -
ANSWER//Family health is a dynamic, changing state of
well-being, which includes the biological, psychological,
spiritual, sociological, and cultural factors of individual
family members and the family system. - an individual's
health (on wellness-to-illness contunuum) affects the
,entire family -ensure you are looking at the whole
perspective What is family functioning? -
ANSWER//Difficult to describe characteristics of a family
that is well-functioning. Otto (1963) -first scholar to
develop psychosocial criteria for assessing family
strengths, and emphasized the need to focus on positive
family attributes instead of pathological approach that
accentuated family problems and weaknesses. Pratt
1976 -energized family: as one whose structure
encourages and supports individual to develop their
capacities for full functioning and independent action,
thus contributing to family health. Curran's Traits (1985)
of a Healthy Family - ANSWER//Communicates and
Listens Fosters table time and conversation Affirms and
supports each member Teaches respect for others
Develops a sense of trust Has a sense of play and humor
Has a balance of interaction among members Shares
leisure time Abounds to rituals and traditions Teaches a
sense of right and wrong Shares a religious core
Respects the privacy of others Values service to others
Admits to problems and seeks help Family Flexibility -
ANSWER//Olson and Gorall (2005) conducted a study
and found that the ability of the family to demonstrate
flexibility is related to its ability to alter family leadership
roles, relationships, and rules, including control,
discipline, and role sharing. Functional, healthy families
have the ability to change these factors in response to
situations. What are the dominant patterns of family
functioning? - ANSWER//Balanced flexibility and balance
cohesion 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
Prevention Case Study Solution:
Comprehensive Guide to Pass Exams on First
Attempt
universally agreed-upon definition of family. Legal
Definition of Family - ANSWER//relationships through
blood ties, adoption, guardianship or marriage Biological
Definition of Family - ANSWER//Genetic biological
networks among and between people. Who is
biologically connected to that family member?
Epidemiology, hereditary disease. Sociological Definition
of Family - ANSWER//Groups of people living together
with or without legal or biological ties I.e Kibbutz
Psychological Definition of Family - ANSWER//Groups
with strong emotional ties. People that want to be
together are really connected emotionally so they end
up staying with each other. The textbooks definition of
family - ANSWER//Family refers to two or more
individuals who depend on one another for emotional,
physical, and economic support. The members of the
family are self-defined. Family is who they say they are,
nurses who work with families should ask clients who
they consider to be members of their family and should
include those persons in health care planning with the
patient's permission. What is family health? -
ANSWER//Family health is a dynamic, changing state of
well-being, which includes the biological, psychological,
spiritual, sociological, and cultural factors of individual
family members and the family system. - an individual's
health (on wellness-to-illness contunuum) affects the
,entire family -ensure you are looking at the whole
perspective What is family functioning? -
ANSWER//Difficult to describe characteristics of a family
that is well-functioning. Otto (1963) -first scholar to
develop psychosocial criteria for assessing family
strengths, and emphasized the need to focus on positive
family attributes instead of pathological approach that
accentuated family problems and weaknesses. Pratt
1976 -energized family: as one whose structure
encourages and supports individual to develop their
capacities for full functioning and independent action,
thus contributing to family health. Curran's Traits (1985)
of a Healthy Family - ANSWER//Communicates and
Listens Fosters table time and conversation Affirms and
supports each member Teaches respect for others
Develops a sense of trust Has a sense of play and humor
Has a balance of interaction among members Shares
leisure time Abounds to rituals and traditions Teaches a
sense of right and wrong Shares a religious core
Respects the privacy of others Values service to others
Admits to problems and seeks help Family Flexibility -
ANSWER//Olson and Gorall (2005) conducted a study
and found that the ability of the family to demonstrate
flexibility is related to its ability to alter family leadership
roles, relationships, and rules, including control,
discipline, and role sharing. Functional, healthy families
have the ability to change these factors in response to
situations. What are the dominant patterns of family
functioning? - ANSWER//Balanced flexibility and balance
cohesion 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
