N480 Family Nursing Questions and complete Answers
Healthy People 2020 overall goal correct answers Focus on determinants of health- a renewed focus on
identifying, measuring, tracking, and reducing health disparities through determinants of health
approach (ensuring access to health and illness care services)
2020 Global Health Goal correct answers improve public health and strengthen U.S. national security
through global disease detection, response, prevention, and control strategies.
What is the definition of theory? correct answers Theories are abstract, general ideas to rules and
organizations. They contain concepts, relations, and propositions. Show logical relationships between
concepts to illustrate patterns such as family cohesion and mental health. They attempt to make sense
of complex phenomenon around the world such as domestic violence. Theories help nurses to
accumulate and organize evidence into meaningful patterns to develop and test hypotheses or
predictions of what the world would look like.
What is the definition of family? correct answers What the patient says it is. Book: two or more
individuals that depend on one another for emotional, physical, and economic support. *Nurses should
ask clients who they consider to be a members of their family
Health Teacher Role correct answers Teaches about family illness, wellness, relations, parenting, etc.
both formally and informally. Ex. teaching new parents how to care for their infant or teaching newly
diagnosed patient.
Coordinator, collaborator, liaison Role correct answers Referrals. Coordinates the care that the families
receive, collaborating with the family to plan care. Helps the family to access resources (inpatient care,
outpatient care, social service, rehab, etc.)
Family advocate Role correct answers Nurse empowers family to speak with their own voice or the
nurse speaks out for the family. This is also supporting legislators and advocating for family. ex. wearing
seatbelts in cars.
Deliverer and supervisor of care and technical expert Role correct answers Nurse either delivers or
supervises care in various settings. Must be a technical expert in both skills and knowledge. Ex. take care
of a child on a respirator in the home setting (but again, can be any setting)
, Consultant Role correct answers A nurse takes on this role whenever asked or whenever necessary.
Consults with agencies to facilitate family centered care. Ex. clinical nurse specialist may be asked to
assist family in placing member in facility.
Counselor Role correct answers A therapeutic role in helping individuals and families solve problems. Ex.
helping family to cope, adjust, adapt to new medical diagnosis
Case-finder and Epidemiologist Role correct answers Gets involved in case finding and becomes a
tracker of disease. ex. Patient is diagnosed with STD and nurse helps to get others in for treatment as
well as help to find the source of transmission (sleuthing)
Environment Specialist Role correct answers Consults with other healthcare professionals to modify the
environment. Ex. Paraplegic needs to have a modified home environment by the time of discharge
(wheelchair accessible, etc.)
Clarify and interpreting role correct answers Clarifies and interprets data in all settings. Ex. newly
diagnosed patient needs clarification on information given by the physician.
Surrogate Role correct answers Substituting for another person. Ex. Nurse stands in as a loving parent
when an adolescent is giving birth by herself
Researcher Role correct answers Nurse should find the best possible answers to the problems at hand
through scientific investigation. Ex. collaborating with a colleague to find a better intervention for
helping families cope with incontinence of elderly in the home.
Role Model Role correct answers Family nurse is continually a role model through his/her activities Ex.
School nurse acts as a role model both to children and to parents by demonstrating the right kind of
health in personal self-care
Case Manager Role correct answers Involves collaboration and coordination between the family and the
healthcare system. They have been formally empowered to be in charge of the case. Ex. A nurse in a
senior community may be assigned to a patient with Alzheimer's disease
Healthy People 2020 overall goal correct answers Focus on determinants of health- a renewed focus on
identifying, measuring, tracking, and reducing health disparities through determinants of health
approach (ensuring access to health and illness care services)
2020 Global Health Goal correct answers improve public health and strengthen U.S. national security
through global disease detection, response, prevention, and control strategies.
What is the definition of theory? correct answers Theories are abstract, general ideas to rules and
organizations. They contain concepts, relations, and propositions. Show logical relationships between
concepts to illustrate patterns such as family cohesion and mental health. They attempt to make sense
of complex phenomenon around the world such as domestic violence. Theories help nurses to
accumulate and organize evidence into meaningful patterns to develop and test hypotheses or
predictions of what the world would look like.
What is the definition of family? correct answers What the patient says it is. Book: two or more
individuals that depend on one another for emotional, physical, and economic support. *Nurses should
ask clients who they consider to be a members of their family
Health Teacher Role correct answers Teaches about family illness, wellness, relations, parenting, etc.
both formally and informally. Ex. teaching new parents how to care for their infant or teaching newly
diagnosed patient.
Coordinator, collaborator, liaison Role correct answers Referrals. Coordinates the care that the families
receive, collaborating with the family to plan care. Helps the family to access resources (inpatient care,
outpatient care, social service, rehab, etc.)
Family advocate Role correct answers Nurse empowers family to speak with their own voice or the
nurse speaks out for the family. This is also supporting legislators and advocating for family. ex. wearing
seatbelts in cars.
Deliverer and supervisor of care and technical expert Role correct answers Nurse either delivers or
supervises care in various settings. Must be a technical expert in both skills and knowledge. Ex. take care
of a child on a respirator in the home setting (but again, can be any setting)
, Consultant Role correct answers A nurse takes on this role whenever asked or whenever necessary.
Consults with agencies to facilitate family centered care. Ex. clinical nurse specialist may be asked to
assist family in placing member in facility.
Counselor Role correct answers A therapeutic role in helping individuals and families solve problems. Ex.
helping family to cope, adjust, adapt to new medical diagnosis
Case-finder and Epidemiologist Role correct answers Gets involved in case finding and becomes a
tracker of disease. ex. Patient is diagnosed with STD and nurse helps to get others in for treatment as
well as help to find the source of transmission (sleuthing)
Environment Specialist Role correct answers Consults with other healthcare professionals to modify the
environment. Ex. Paraplegic needs to have a modified home environment by the time of discharge
(wheelchair accessible, etc.)
Clarify and interpreting role correct answers Clarifies and interprets data in all settings. Ex. newly
diagnosed patient needs clarification on information given by the physician.
Surrogate Role correct answers Substituting for another person. Ex. Nurse stands in as a loving parent
when an adolescent is giving birth by herself
Researcher Role correct answers Nurse should find the best possible answers to the problems at hand
through scientific investigation. Ex. collaborating with a colleague to find a better intervention for
helping families cope with incontinence of elderly in the home.
Role Model Role correct answers Family nurse is continually a role model through his/her activities Ex.
School nurse acts as a role model both to children and to parents by demonstrating the right kind of
health in personal self-care
Case Manager Role correct answers Involves collaboration and coordination between the family and the
healthcare system. They have been formally empowered to be in charge of the case. Ex. A nurse in a
senior community may be assigned to a patient with Alzheimer's disease
