Family Focused Nursing Care 1st Edition Questions and
Answers 2023
, Chapter 1- Health Care Needs for the 21st Century
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is coordinating care with a family whose 10-year old daughter has diabetes. Which of the
following principles of care coordination guides the nurse's actions?
1. Provide the right care at the right time for the right person.
2. Identify health problems and intervene.
3. Allow families to initiate contact as they determine all their needs.
4. Ensure family privacy by limiting interdisciplinary information exchange.
ANS: 1
Feedback
1 Providing the right care at the right time for the right person is a principle of health-care
reform to obtain the best quality outcomes in the best possible way.
2 The nurse must form a partnership with the family and negotiate to create a plan that fits
with the family priorities and concerns.
3 The nurse must work together with the family to determine needs and assist them in
contacting resources if the family wishes the nurse to do so.
4 The nurse must consider privacy laws, institutional policies, and family preferences to
create an effective care coordination communication plan.
PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Care coordination | Integrated Process: Nursing Process | Client Need: Safe and
Effective Care Environment | Cognitive Level: Comprehension | Question Type: Multiple Choice
2. The nurse is teaching a class on coordinating care for families with a chronically ill member. Which
response made by a student indicates a need for further teaching in the area of family assessment?
1. Identifying accessible community resources is an important aspect of family assessment.
2. Family engagement in shared health-care decision-making has little impact on health
outcomes.
3. Lifestyle factors to assess include family access to food, housing, and transportation.
4. Money spent is not always linked to better health outcomes.
ANS: 2
Feedback
1 The nurse will benefit families greatly by providing families with appropriate resource
information in their home communities for health promotion and chronic disease
management.
2 Shared decision-making occurs within therapeutic relationships that honor family
preferences and unique circumstances.
3 Environmental factors include family access to food, housing, and transportation;
lifestyle factors include tobacco use, lack of adequate nutrition, physical inactivity, and
substance abuse.
Answers 2023
, Chapter 1- Health Care Needs for the 21st Century
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is coordinating care with a family whose 10-year old daughter has diabetes. Which of the
following principles of care coordination guides the nurse's actions?
1. Provide the right care at the right time for the right person.
2. Identify health problems and intervene.
3. Allow families to initiate contact as they determine all their needs.
4. Ensure family privacy by limiting interdisciplinary information exchange.
ANS: 1
Feedback
1 Providing the right care at the right time for the right person is a principle of health-care
reform to obtain the best quality outcomes in the best possible way.
2 The nurse must form a partnership with the family and negotiate to create a plan that fits
with the family priorities and concerns.
3 The nurse must work together with the family to determine needs and assist them in
contacting resources if the family wishes the nurse to do so.
4 The nurse must consider privacy laws, institutional policies, and family preferences to
create an effective care coordination communication plan.
PTS: 1
KEY: Content Area: Care coordination | Integrated Process: Nursing Process | Client Need: Safe and
Effective Care Environment | Cognitive Level: Comprehension | Question Type: Multiple Choice
2. The nurse is teaching a class on coordinating care for families with a chronically ill member. Which
response made by a student indicates a need for further teaching in the area of family assessment?
1. Identifying accessible community resources is an important aspect of family assessment.
2. Family engagement in shared health-care decision-making has little impact on health
outcomes.
3. Lifestyle factors to assess include family access to food, housing, and transportation.
4. Money spent is not always linked to better health outcomes.
ANS: 2
Feedback
1 The nurse will benefit families greatly by providing families with appropriate resource
information in their home communities for health promotion and chronic disease
management.
2 Shared decision-making occurs within therapeutic relationships that honor family
preferences and unique circumstances.
3 Environmental factors include family access to food, housing, and transportation;
lifestyle factors include tobacco use, lack of adequate nutrition, physical inactivity, and
substance abuse.
