The Duvall Family Development Theory is useful to the psychiatric ...

[james9437]

The Duvall Family Development Theory is useful to the psychiatric nurse to:
 
  a. plan transitions that require reorganization of rules
  b. forecast predictable tasks in the childbearing family
  c. formulate specific solutions to problems
  d. help the family integrate stability and change

Question 2

Which intervention by the nurse would be the most therapeutic when a student reports witnessing a depressed teenager put a gun into a locker?
 
  a. Call the principal and request a locker search without breaching confidentiality.
  b. Accompany the witness to the principal's office to further discuss what was seen.
  c. Call the police immediately and report that there is a student in school with a gun.
  d. Call the parents of the depressed teen and ask them to come and talk with their child.

[Meganchabluk]

Answer to Question 1

B
Duvall has identified tasks at different stages of family development. These tasks help the nurse to forecast predictable issues that families may face. For example, the nurse would be able to forecast predictable tasks in the childbearing family. Duvall's theory does not provide information on how to reorganize family rules, formulate solutions to problems, or integrate stability and change.

Answer to Question 2

B
The nurse must report any violent threats to the school's administration immediately. The best approach is to encourage the witness to tell school authorities exactly what was seen.