Author Question: A nurse aims to provide social support for a family to influence which of the following family ... (Read 124 times)

Haya94 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

A nurse aims to provide social support for a family to influence which of the following family outcomes?

1. Improved family health
2. Increased powerlessness in family members
3. Increased anxiety and depression in family member
4. Decreased problem solving in family members

Question 2

Family support needs during an illness experience often require a nurse to:

1. Provide instructions that help the family understand the demands of an illness.
2. Develop a friendship with the family to provide continuity of care.
3. Resolve conflict by accentuating the individual family differences.
4. Make moral judgments of the family's actions.

matt · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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1 Improving family health is a goal of social support
2 Increasing empowerment, rather than powerlessness, in family members is a goal of social support.
3 Decreasing anxiety and depression in family member is a goal of social support.
4 Increasing problem solving in family members is a goal of social support.

Answer to Question 2

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1 Providing instructions that help the family understand the demands of an illness is important to family-focused nursing care.
2 The nurse develops a trusting therapeutic relationship, rather than a friend role.
3 Identifying and understanding the individual family differences will move toward resolution of conflict, rather than emphasizing the differences.
4 A family-focused nurse avoids making moral judgments of the family's actions, and rather strives to understand the actions.