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Pineapplelove6

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Which of the following is the purpose of a family assessment?
 
  1. Determining the level of family functioning.
  2. Identifying family strengths and weaknesses.
  3. Providing legal guidelines for consent to health care.
  4. Clarifying family interaction patterns.
  5. Describing the health status of the family and its members.

Question 2

A nurse is conducting a family assessment, and asks the following question: How, as a family, do you deal with disappointments or stressful changes that occur and affect the members of your family? The nurse is trying to identify:
 
  1. Family coping mechanisms.
  2. Whether the family experiences stress.
  3. Which family members are most stressed.
  4. Family dynamics.



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1,2,4,5
Rationale 1: This is a recognized purpose of such an assessment.
Rationale 2: This is a recognized purpose of such an assessment.
Rationale 3: Legal guidelines regarding healthcare issues such as insurance coverage and the right to consent for health care are important when working with same-sex couples, but are not necessarily a purpose of this assessment.
Rationale 4: This is a recognized purpose of such an assessment.
Rationale 5: This is a recognized purpose of such an assessment.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Family coping mechanisms are behaviors that families use to deal with stress or changes imposed from either within or without. The coping mechanisms families and individuals develop reflect their individual resourcefulness. The assessment of coping mechanisms is a way to determine how families relate to stress.
Rationale 2: The scenario correctly assumes that families will periodically experience stress.
Rationale 3: The question is not focused on whom but rather how stress in handled by the family.
Rationale 4: The question is not focused on the general function of the family but rather how stress in handled by the family.




Pineapplelove6

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
:D TYSM


isabelt_18

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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