NUR 136 Test #5 Questions With Complete Solutions
3 factors that influence the effect of illness on the family
Correct Answers Identity of the member of the family who is ill
Influencing the effect of illness on the family is the seriousness
and duration of disease
Social and cultural customs of the family
3 most common health problems of older Adults Correct
Answers HTN
Arthritis
Heart disease
5 categories of elder abuse Correct Answers Physical (pain,
assault and battery, physical restraints)
Sexual (nonconsensual)
Psychological (verbal harassment)
Material (theft of money, misuse of funds)
Neglect (failure to meet needs of older adult)
5 major stages of the family life cycle Correct Answers
Divorced family and step parent family life cycle and
developmental tasks:
- issues confronting divorced families (financial, lack of
mother/father role, loss of child's relationship w/ absent parent)
- intro of stepparent requires a period of adjustment 2-3 years
- once new structure is stabilized new family can progress
developmentally
Gay/Lesbian
,Family response to pt illness or injury:
-how they respond depends on role structure, family
interactions, communication patterns, coping skills and
resources
- family role structure (members shifting roles to help others,
Nuclear family roles almost gender specific, single family have
less members and more responsibility)
Family interaction:
- form of social interaction based on set of intimate and
continuing relationships
- healthy people have good self esteem and make better
caregiver as those who lack acceptance and self respect are
likely to be unloving spouses and parents
Family communication patterns: (exchange of information)
- functional (clear transmission of a message that enables
receiver to understand intent of what sender transmits), healthy
communication, active participants in two way communication,
differences/openness/honesty/acknowledgment/recognition of
needs and emotions.
- dysfunctional (unclear transmission of messages receiver
cannot understand sender), communication becomes confusing,
vague, indirect, secretive, defensive
Coping:
- if poorly handling there can be a family crisis
Adverse Event Correct Answers Unintended harm by an act of
commission or omission rather than as a r/o disease process
, Attributes and Criteria (Informatics/technology) Correct
Answers Health IT is a precursor or antecedent to health
informatics
What outcomes have informatics influenced?
- workflow, admin efficiency, unintended ways
- care quality, paperwork reduction, infrastructure for learning
health system
- medical error reduction, disease tracking, pt engagement in
making decisions
- healthcare cost reduction, creates intellectual change,
connected health
Components of Informatics include:
- hardware/software pr. 454
- standardized information systems and terminology pg. 455
- policies pg. 455
- privacy and security pg. 455
- informatics workforce pg. 456
- people ware and organizational skills pg.456
People ware (refer to anything that has to do with the role of
people in development and use of computer hardware and
software systems)
Because many families today do not live near other family
members, what resources are available for those who struggle
with child rearing issues? Correct Answers Home management
Developing a social group
Community responsibility
3 factors that influence the effect of illness on the family
Correct Answers Identity of the member of the family who is ill
Influencing the effect of illness on the family is the seriousness
and duration of disease
Social and cultural customs of the family
3 most common health problems of older Adults Correct
Answers HTN
Arthritis
Heart disease
5 categories of elder abuse Correct Answers Physical (pain,
assault and battery, physical restraints)
Sexual (nonconsensual)
Psychological (verbal harassment)
Material (theft of money, misuse of funds)
Neglect (failure to meet needs of older adult)
5 major stages of the family life cycle Correct Answers
Divorced family and step parent family life cycle and
developmental tasks:
- issues confronting divorced families (financial, lack of
mother/father role, loss of child's relationship w/ absent parent)
- intro of stepparent requires a period of adjustment 2-3 years
- once new structure is stabilized new family can progress
developmentally
Gay/Lesbian
,Family response to pt illness or injury:
-how they respond depends on role structure, family
interactions, communication patterns, coping skills and
resources
- family role structure (members shifting roles to help others,
Nuclear family roles almost gender specific, single family have
less members and more responsibility)
Family interaction:
- form of social interaction based on set of intimate and
continuing relationships
- healthy people have good self esteem and make better
caregiver as those who lack acceptance and self respect are
likely to be unloving spouses and parents
Family communication patterns: (exchange of information)
- functional (clear transmission of a message that enables
receiver to understand intent of what sender transmits), healthy
communication, active participants in two way communication,
differences/openness/honesty/acknowledgment/recognition of
needs and emotions.
- dysfunctional (unclear transmission of messages receiver
cannot understand sender), communication becomes confusing,
vague, indirect, secretive, defensive
Coping:
- if poorly handling there can be a family crisis
Adverse Event Correct Answers Unintended harm by an act of
commission or omission rather than as a r/o disease process
, Attributes and Criteria (Informatics/technology) Correct
Answers Health IT is a precursor or antecedent to health
informatics
What outcomes have informatics influenced?
- workflow, admin efficiency, unintended ways
- care quality, paperwork reduction, infrastructure for learning
health system
- medical error reduction, disease tracking, pt engagement in
making decisions
- healthcare cost reduction, creates intellectual change,
connected health
Components of Informatics include:
- hardware/software pr. 454
- standardized information systems and terminology pg. 455
- policies pg. 455
- privacy and security pg. 455
- informatics workforce pg. 456
- people ware and organizational skills pg.456
People ware (refer to anything that has to do with the role of
people in development and use of computer hardware and
software systems)
Because many families today do not live near other family
members, what resources are available for those who struggle
with child rearing issues? Correct Answers Home management
Developing a social group
Community responsibility
