Author Question: The goal of care in support of family coping is to: 1. Decrease the stress linked with illness ... (Read 46 times)

xroflmao · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The goal of care in support of family coping is to:

1. Decrease the stress linked with illness experiences.
2. Provide the family with forms of support that will enhance individual healing and promote the construction of family health.
3. Make certain that the family's perception of the illness event is as accurate as possible.
4. All of the above.

Question 2

According to Wright and Leahy, effective family nursing actions are those that:

1. The nurse believes to be in the best interest of the family.
2. Are developed in collaboration with the family experiencing the illness event.
3. Are informed by a family nursing theory.
4. Are interdisciplinary in nature.

xthemafja · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 4

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1 Decreasing the stressor alone will not support family coping fully.
2 Providing family support alone will not support family coping fully.
3 Correcting the family's perception of the event along will not support family coping fully.
4 Answers number 1, 2, and 3 are all important goals for care supporting family coping.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2

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1 The nurse may not actually know what is in the best interest of the family if the nurse has not interacted with the family at a meaningful level to know their values, beliefs, and goals.
2 The most effective nursing actions are those developed in collaboration with the family.
3 Even if nursing actions are informed by a family nursing theory, they may not be relevant for the particular family unless values, beliefs, and goals are considered.
4 Even if nursing actions are interdisciplinary in nature, they may not be relevant for the particular family unless values, beliefs, and goals are considered.