NSG 310 Questions with answers
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nursing assessment of family - ANS✅✅how does the illness effect the family structure?
the form, structure (figure out patterns of roles), function, and health of the family are areas unique
to family assessment
incorporate knowledge of the patient's illness and assess the patient and family
caregiver role conflict - ANS✅✅the physical and emotional demands are high, and the patient's
disease itself creates changes in family structure and roles
family members often feel ill prepared and pressured
providing education to the family caregiver helps relieve some of the stress of caregiving
family functioning - ANS✅✅what a family does
includes the way a family reproduces, interacts to socialize its young, cooperates to meet economic
needs, and relates to the larger society
focuses on the processes used by the family to achieve its goals - includes communication among
family members, goal setting, conflict resolution, caregiving, nurturing, and use of internal and
external resources
nuclear family - ANS✅✅consists of husband and wife (and perhaps one or more children)
extended family - ANS✅✅includes relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins) in addition to
the nuclear family
single-parent family - ANS✅✅formed when one parent leaves the nuclear family because of death,
divorce, or desertion or when a single person decides to have or adopt a child
blended family - ANS✅✅formed when parents bring unrelated children from prior adoptive or
foster parenting relationships into a new, joint living situation
, alternative family - ANS✅✅relationships include multi-adult households, "skip-generation"
families (grandparents caring for grandchildren), communal groups with children, "nonfamilies"
(adults living alone), cohabitating partners, and homosexual couples
factors influencing family forms - ANS✅✅family caregivers
poverty
homelessness
domestic violence
adolescent health risks - ANS✅✅accidents
- motor vehicle accidents: most common cause of death
- associated with alcohol intoxication or drug abuse
- drowning and use of firearms
- risk taking behavior
violence and homicide
- homicide: 2nd leading cause of death
- physical assaults, fighting, threats, intimidation, sexual harassment, bullying, theft
suicide
- warning signs: decrease in school performance, withdrawal, loss of initiative, loneliness, sadness,
crying, appetite and sleep disturbances, verbalization of suicidal thought
psychosocial concerns of older adults - ANS✅✅elder mistreatment
therapeutic communication
touch
reality orientation
validation therapy
reminiscence
body image interventions
cognitive teaching - ANS✅✅discussion (one on one or group)
- promotes active participation and focuses on topics of interest to patient
- allows peer support
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nursing assessment of family - ANS✅✅how does the illness effect the family structure?
the form, structure (figure out patterns of roles), function, and health of the family are areas unique
to family assessment
incorporate knowledge of the patient's illness and assess the patient and family
caregiver role conflict - ANS✅✅the physical and emotional demands are high, and the patient's
disease itself creates changes in family structure and roles
family members often feel ill prepared and pressured
providing education to the family caregiver helps relieve some of the stress of caregiving
family functioning - ANS✅✅what a family does
includes the way a family reproduces, interacts to socialize its young, cooperates to meet economic
needs, and relates to the larger society
focuses on the processes used by the family to achieve its goals - includes communication among
family members, goal setting, conflict resolution, caregiving, nurturing, and use of internal and
external resources
nuclear family - ANS✅✅consists of husband and wife (and perhaps one or more children)
extended family - ANS✅✅includes relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins) in addition to
the nuclear family
single-parent family - ANS✅✅formed when one parent leaves the nuclear family because of death,
divorce, or desertion or when a single person decides to have or adopt a child
blended family - ANS✅✅formed when parents bring unrelated children from prior adoptive or
foster parenting relationships into a new, joint living situation
, alternative family - ANS✅✅relationships include multi-adult households, "skip-generation"
families (grandparents caring for grandchildren), communal groups with children, "nonfamilies"
(adults living alone), cohabitating partners, and homosexual couples
factors influencing family forms - ANS✅✅family caregivers
poverty
homelessness
domestic violence
adolescent health risks - ANS✅✅accidents
- motor vehicle accidents: most common cause of death
- associated with alcohol intoxication or drug abuse
- drowning and use of firearms
- risk taking behavior
violence and homicide
- homicide: 2nd leading cause of death
- physical assaults, fighting, threats, intimidation, sexual harassment, bullying, theft
suicide
- warning signs: decrease in school performance, withdrawal, loss of initiative, loneliness, sadness,
crying, appetite and sleep disturbances, verbalization of suicidal thought
psychosocial concerns of older adults - ANS✅✅elder mistreatment
therapeutic communication
touch
reality orientation
validation therapy
reminiscence
body image interventions
cognitive teaching - ANS✅✅discussion (one on one or group)
- promotes active participation and focuses on topics of interest to patient
- allows peer support
