CNUR 300 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAM
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Family Health. Answer: A dynamic, changing state of well-being,
which includes the biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological, and
culture factors of individual members and the whole family system.
◉ Interventions Nurses Use. Answer: Family nursing considers the
community and cultural context of the group
Considers the relationships between and among family members
Family nursing is often offered in settings where individuals have
physiological or psychological problems
Family nursing requires the nurse to manipulate the environment to
increase the likelihood of family interaction
Focuses on the strengths of individual family members and the family
group to promote their mutual support and growth
Must define with the family which persons constitute the family and
where they will place their therapeutic energies
◉ 4 Approaches to Family Nursing. Answer: 1. Family as Context
2. Family as Client
,3. Family as System
4. Family as Component of Society
◉ Family as Context. Answer: First approach focuses on the assessment
and care of an individual client in which the family is the context
The family serves as context for the individual as either a resource or a
stressor to the individual's health and illness.
◉ Family as Client. Answer: Focuses on the assessment of all family
members
The family is seen as the sum of individual family members, and the
focus concentrated on each individual
The nurse assesses and provides health care for each person in the
family
◉ Family as System. Answer: Focus is on the family as a whole as the
client
Family is viewed as an interactional system in which the whole is more
than the sum of its parts a whole
,The interactions between family members become the target for the
nursing interventions
◉ Family as Component of Society. Answer: Looks at the family as a
component of society, in which the family is viewed as one of many
institutions in society, similar to health, educational, religious, or
economic institutions
◉ Family Structure. Answer: Is the ordered set of relationships within
the family, and between the family and other social systems
Can use Genograms/Ecomaps to assess family structure
To determine family structure, the nurse needs to identify:
o The individuals who compromise the family
o The relationships between them
o The interactions between the family members
o The interactions with other socials systems
◉ Family Types. Answer: Nuclear Dyad- Married couple, no children
Nuclear- Husband, wife, children
, Binuclear-Two post divorce families with children as members of both
Extended-Nuclear family plus blood relatives
Blended-Husband, wife, and children of previous relationships
Commune- Group of men, women, and children
◉ Family Functions. Answer: Functional perspective has to do with the
ways families serve their members- how does the family function?
Function processes such as socialization, reproduction, economics and
health care are areas that can be assessed
◉ Reproductive Functions. Answer: Serves the purpose of pleasure and
reproduction- how's the sex life?
◉ Socialization Functions. Answer: Major function is for families to
raise and socialize their children to fit into society
Family must guide children through various rites of passage
◉ Affective Functions. Answer: Has to do with the ways family
members relate to one another and outsiders
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Family Health. Answer: A dynamic, changing state of well-being,
which includes the biological, psychological, spiritual, sociological, and
culture factors of individual members and the whole family system.
◉ Interventions Nurses Use. Answer: Family nursing considers the
community and cultural context of the group
Considers the relationships between and among family members
Family nursing is often offered in settings where individuals have
physiological or psychological problems
Family nursing requires the nurse to manipulate the environment to
increase the likelihood of family interaction
Focuses on the strengths of individual family members and the family
group to promote their mutual support and growth
Must define with the family which persons constitute the family and
where they will place their therapeutic energies
◉ 4 Approaches to Family Nursing. Answer: 1. Family as Context
2. Family as Client
,3. Family as System
4. Family as Component of Society
◉ Family as Context. Answer: First approach focuses on the assessment
and care of an individual client in which the family is the context
The family serves as context for the individual as either a resource or a
stressor to the individual's health and illness.
◉ Family as Client. Answer: Focuses on the assessment of all family
members
The family is seen as the sum of individual family members, and the
focus concentrated on each individual
The nurse assesses and provides health care for each person in the
family
◉ Family as System. Answer: Focus is on the family as a whole as the
client
Family is viewed as an interactional system in which the whole is more
than the sum of its parts a whole
,The interactions between family members become the target for the
nursing interventions
◉ Family as Component of Society. Answer: Looks at the family as a
component of society, in which the family is viewed as one of many
institutions in society, similar to health, educational, religious, or
economic institutions
◉ Family Structure. Answer: Is the ordered set of relationships within
the family, and between the family and other social systems
Can use Genograms/Ecomaps to assess family structure
To determine family structure, the nurse needs to identify:
o The individuals who compromise the family
o The relationships between them
o The interactions between the family members
o The interactions with other socials systems
◉ Family Types. Answer: Nuclear Dyad- Married couple, no children
Nuclear- Husband, wife, children
, Binuclear-Two post divorce families with children as members of both
Extended-Nuclear family plus blood relatives
Blended-Husband, wife, and children of previous relationships
Commune- Group of men, women, and children
◉ Family Functions. Answer: Functional perspective has to do with the
ways families serve their members- how does the family function?
Function processes such as socialization, reproduction, economics and
health care are areas that can be assessed
◉ Reproductive Functions. Answer: Serves the purpose of pleasure and
reproduction- how's the sex life?
◉ Socialization Functions. Answer: Major function is for families to
raise and socialize their children to fit into society
Family must guide children through various rites of passage
◉ Affective Functions. Answer: Has to do with the ways family
members relate to one another and outsiders
