Chapter 4: Health of the Individual, Family, and Community
he nurse is admitting a 38-year-old male client to the oncology unit whose religious background is different from her own. The nurse is assessing how the client's religion may affect his health care needs. Which question by the nurse is the best way to consider the client's religious practices in the plan of care?
"What can we do to help you meet any religious needs you may have?"
An adolescent confides in the school nurse that she is arguing daily with her mother, and she often wonders if her mother loves her. The school nurse recognizes that the student faces which of the following risk factors for altered family health?
A psychosocial risk factor
A home health nurse is visiting the Goldstein family after the recent death of their matriarch. She observes that the family is dressed in black, all of the mirrors are covered, and that the immediate family is sitting on square wooden boxes instead of chairs. She asks Mr. Goldstein's cousin what is happening, and he says, "We are Jewish, and the family is 'Sitting Shiva' for my aunt." This family is fulfilling which family function?
Affective and coping functions
A community is defined as a social group that may or may not share common geographic boundaries yet interact because of
Common interests
You are the community-based nurse who acts as case-manager for a small town about 60 miles from a major health care centre. What is the most important factor of community-based nursing for you be knowledgeable about?
Community resources available to patients.
The charge nurse is assigning client care for the upcoming shift. Which is the priority evaluation when performing this task?
Determine the level and intensity of client care needed according to physical and psychosocial factors.
The nurse is assessing a family parented by a 60-year-old grandmother and her three school-age grandchildren. The nurse is aware that which problem may occur in a single-parent family at a greater level than in other types of families?
Increased financial concerns
The nurse provides the mother of a toddler with the phone number for the Poison Control Centre. Which level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs is the nurse addressing?
Safety and security needs
Which basic needs area of Maslow's hierarchy of human needs is met when the nurse arranges for the client's clergy to visit after visiting hours?
Self-actualization needs
In conjunction with the client, the nurse has set the following client outcomes. Which client outcome reflects Maslow's level of self-esteem needs?
The client will verbalize feelings of increased confidence in performing a finger-stick blood sugar.
The nurse is conducting a family assessment of a traditional family. Which assessment data cue describes the socioeconomic status of the family?
The father is an engineer and the mother is an elementary school teacher.
The home health nurse is making an initial assessment visit to a family that consists of two parents and twin 3-year-old boys. During the interview, the nurse is most concerned if the client makes which statement?
The father states, "I don't discuss money matters with my wife because I don't want her to worry."
Which of the following statements is true regarding Friedman's theory of family-centered nursing care?
The role of the family is essential in every level of nursing practice.