Author Question: When a family is in a transitional phase of the life cycle perspective (e.g., birth of a first ... (Read 58 times)

jCorn1234 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

When a family is in a transitional phase of the life cycle perspective (e.g., birth of a first child), it is important for the nurse to do which of the following?

a. Accept that this is usually a time of de-creased stress and anxiety.
b. Use the knowledge of stress and coping to assist in family care.
c. Explain that the health of one family member does not depend on the family system.
d. Draw on psychological theory as the major basis for family care.

Question 2

A patient with bilateral pneumonia is admitted to the intensive care unit. The nurse who initially prepared the plan of care identified that the patient had the collaborative problem of Potential complications: hypoxemia.

What made the nurse classify this as a collaborative problem? a. It requires ensuring adequate hydration.
b. It requires monitoring for signs of ac-id-base imbalance.
c. It requires evaluating the effects of posi-tioning on oxygenation.
d. It requires both nursing and physi-cian-prescribed interventions.

al · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Your knowledge of stress and coping will assist in family care. When a family is in a transitional phase of the life cycle perspective (e.g., birth of a first child) or there is an additional stressor to the family unit (e.g., chronic illness), it creates considerable anxiety and stress within the family system. The health and functioning of each member in the family to some degree depends on the health of the family system as a whole. Family care draws on knowledge from growth and de-velopment, psychology, communication, family theories, sociology, and the family life cycle.

Answer to Question 2

D
A collaborative problem is an actual or potential physiological complication that nurses monitor to detect the onset of changes in a patient's status. When collaborative problems develop, nurses collaborate with personnel from other health care disciplines, such as social workers and dietitians and physicians. Adequate hydration, acid-base imbalance, and oxygenation do not make a collaborative problem.