When the nurse cares for a client with a terminal illness, a ...

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When the nurse cares for a client with a terminal illness, a question that the nurse can ask the client's family to elicit information about family strengths is
 
  a. Who best understands what the doctors have told you?
  b. What has the family been doing so far that is helpful?
  c. Who is most uncomfortable at the bedside?
  d. Who is now taking care of the house?

Question 2

Which of the following is a true statement when comparing biological and blended families?
 
  a. In biological families, rules are varied and complicated.
  b. A blended family is born of loss.
  c. In biological families, there are multiple sets of rules.
  d. In blended families, traditions are shared.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Questions nurses can use specifically to elicit family strengths include, What has the family been doing so far that has been helpful? Questions regarding level of understanding, comfort, and who is taking care of the house are not the best questions that the nurse can ask the client's family to elicit information about family strengths.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
In blended families, family is born of loss and rules are varied and complicated. In biological families, one set of family rules evolves. There are two sets of family traditions in blended families.

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