(Unit 9) Chapter 35 Review: Family Interventions and Support Groups

Your 24-year-old patient is planning to leave the family to start a new job in a city 400 miles away. Which statement made by the patient demonstrate a healthy sense of family support?

a. “ I’ve always been independent. That’s how I was raised.”

b. “ If I get in trouble financially, I know mom and dad will help me out.”

c. “ I don’t need anyone’s help. Everyone has their own problems to deal with.”

d. “ I’m going to miss everyone terribly, but I know they will support me in this decision.”

d. “ I’m going to miss everyone terribly, but I know they will support me in this decision.”

A nurse works with patients, whose families are attending family therapy. The nurse should recommend psychoeducational family therapy for which family?

a. A family, whose members have problems establishing and respecting boundaries.

b. A family, whose teenage children are routinely making major family decisions.

c. A family whose 18-year-old son has been diagnosed with schizophrenia

d. A family who communicates primarily using dysfunctional techniques.

c. A family whose 18-year-old son has been diagnosed with schizophrenia

A 10-year-old shares that he doesn’t like spending weekends with his father “ now that dad’s girlfriend moved in.” The nurse will discuss the issues with the child and parents based on an understanding of the stresses present in which type of family structure?

a. Unmarried biological

b. Cohabiting

c. Blended

d. Other

b. Cohabiting

Which statement is an example of a parent, demonstrating the dysfunctional communication technique of generalizing?

a. “ I want to be a good mother, but my husband just isn’t involved with the kids.”

b. “ I keep the peace by seldom any of the family to help with chores.”

c. “ My wife’s priorities are the kids, her parents, and then her job.”

d. “ The kids never listen to me even when I threaten them.”

d. “ The kids never listen to me even when I threaten them.”

Just before you escort the Juarez family informed meeting, their 17-year-old son confide to you that he is gay. He says he has not told any other adult, including his parents. What is your best response to him?

a. “ Your parents have a right to know about this.”

b. “ How do you think your parents would react if you told them?”

c. “ That’s your decision, but you need to be careful about risky sexual behavior.”

d. “ Lots of famous people are gay. You don’t need to worry.”

b. “ How do you think your parents would react if you told them?”

When performing an intake assessment on a family, you wish to map the family’s structure and information that reflect both the family’s history and current functioning. This assessment is called a:

a. Mini-mental status exam

b. Beck depression inventory

c. Genogram

d. Histogram

c. Genogram

While you were working with a family, whose son was admitted due to a psychotic break, you observe the mother say to her son, “What, no hug for your Mom?” The son embraces his mother, she stiffens, which results in the young man backing away. She responds, “ You only care about yourself.” What behavior is this mother engaging in?

a. Triangulation

b. Scapegoating

c. Double binding

d. Differentiation

c. Double binding

Which of the following family members should you referred to individual therapy rather than family therapy??

a. A mother who has anxiety controlled by medication.

b. A father who is questioning his sexuality.

c. Son who was verbally abusive towards his parents.

d. A daughter who has been treated for alcohol use disorder.

b. A father who is questioning his sexuality.

You are evaluating the family therapy experience. Which behavior would indicate that further family therapy is needed?

a. Wife talks to her husband through their children.

b. Son’s grades have risen from a “D” average to a “C” average.

c. Daughter’s headaches have subsided.

d. Mother has stopped using illicit substances.

a. Wife talks to her husband through their children.

Emotional support is an important family dynamic because it all allows family members to:

a. Feel secure enough to explore aspects of their personality.

b. Feel isolated and fearful, even though family members are near.

c. Grow boundaries within the family unit.

d. Have burst of anger without recourse or shame.

a. Feel secure enough to explore aspects of their personality.