Midterm

Margaret Giddings, the senior member of her family, wants to know how she can best protect her family from illness. The nurse could instruct her to have them:

Angie has a 2-year-old child and asks how she can instill good discipline. You would tell her to:

A functional family is one that:

Four-year-old Henry’s parents were separated for several months and are now divorced. He may likely experience feelings of:

A middle-aged couple was admitted to the hospital after a motor vehicle accident. Two days later, the husband expired. While observing a staff member offering grief support, which of the following actions is noted to be correct?

Mary, age 30, just experienced the untimely death of her father. You might expect her to immediately exhibit feelings of:

Two common bonds that hold a family together are:

Which of the following is a stage of family development?

Four-year-old Sam is the second child of Jim and Pat Gates. How may Sam’s place in the family affect his development?

In a laissez-faire–type family pattern, 9-year-old Jane would:

A function basic to all families is the need to:

An example of a break in family structure is:

Reproduction provides the family with a means of:

Melvin Carey, a 22-year-old nurse, is employed in the intensive care unit. When interacting with patients’ families, he must be which of the following?

Millicent, age 30, is being discharged from the hospital after being treated for depression. The nurse has encouraged the family to spend time together because this will lead to:

Jeremy, age 4, lives with his mother, father, and 6-month-old sister. This living arrangement describes the:

One of the major advantages of the extended family is:

To resolve a family conflict, members must be able to:

The “empty nest” is best described as the:

A dysfunctional family is one that is:

The family is the primary socializing agent for the child. For the family to be successful, it should help in:

Divorce is a known stressor for the family unit. Which of the following responses by the nurse would best support the individual’s decision to divorce?

After birth, a child is given immunization as a way of:

Which of the following is an accepted method of disciplining a toddler?

The nurse recognizes that a functional family displays which of the following characteristics? (Select all that apply.)

The health care worker arrives at the home of a diabetic patient. His daughter asks you to help with a problem. The most important response(s) by the health care worker is/are (select all that apply):

An elderly male client is admitted to the nursing home accompanied by his wife and son. The best way for the nurse to engage the family in the admission process is by:

Susan describes her family pattern as authoritative. You understand this to mean that family members:

Josephine, age 28, is admitted to the hospital after a motor vehicle accident that occurred while her 6-year-old twins were in the car. She tells you she is recently divorced and asks you to call her mother to see if she picked up her children. You return to tell her that her children are with her mother and are fine. When she responds, “They are better off with my mother anyway because I can’t get anything right,” the best response by the nurse is:

Nancy, age 3, is being seen in the managed care clinic. As part of the yearly health screen, the nurse assesses her patterns of growth and development. Development is assessed based on:

Which of the following describes the characteristic pattern of growth and development?

Maturation occurs:

Cephalocaudal development progresses from:

Personality is best defined as:

According to Freud, experiences that are reality-based, logical, and in one’s immediate awareness are in the:

According to Freud, the driving force behind all human behavior is the:

Freud’s psyche receives its energy from the:

The conscience is often referred to as the:

Jeremy regularly goes to the mental health clinic. He has a history of personality disorder with childlike behavior. This can result from:

Which of the following describes defense mechanisms?

After a traumatic car accident, the driver cannot remember any of the details. A common defense mechanism that could explain this is known as:

An attempt to make up for an unconsciously perceived inadequacy by excelling at something else is known as:

When a young man attempts to see a new movie that just opened, he is turned away, as the tickets are all sold out. He responds by saying, “It doesn’t really matter. The movie was probably overrated by the reviewers.” The young man is probably:

When a young girl reached high school, she chose track as an extracurricular activity, just as her older sister had done a few years earlier. The young girl is probably using:

Mr. and Mrs. Banks complain to the nurse that 5-year-old Bryan is obsessive and openly exposes himself and masturbates. According to Freud, Bryan is in which stage of psychosocial development?

According to Erikson, the foundation of a healthy personality is:

Erikson believes that 5-year-old Devon should be mastering the task of:

The egocentric child:

According to Piaget, a person begins to understand the principle that matter can take many forms in the:

Twenty-year-old Timothy is unable to bond with others or develop any meaningful relationship. Timothy would be unable to meet which of Maslow’s needs?

A 72-year-old patient with congestive heart failure is complaining of dyspnea. He would be unable to satisfy which of the following needs?

According to Maslow, self-actualization is achieved when the person is: