Sample Questions and Answers
To promote health in families with elderly members, the nurse should:
Exclude family caregivers from health discussions
B. Focus only on physical health and ignore social or emotional well-being
C. Address chronic disease management, falls prevention, and support for caregivers
D. Focus solely on the elderly member without involving the family
Answer: C
Involving families in healthcare decision-making is important because it:
Limits the family’s control over healthcare choices
B. Encourages the family to work together in managing health conditions
C. Discourages family members from learning about health-related issues
D. Ignores the role of the family in the patient’s care
Answer: B
When planning a health promotion program for a family, the nurse should:
Exclude family members from planning discussions
B. Develop a program that does not consider the family’s unique circumstances and values
C. Consider the family’s health history, cultural background, and socioeconomic status
D. Provide a rigid plan without flexibility for individual family needs
Answer: C
Which of the following is a characteristic of a family-centered approach to health promotion?
The family is viewed as a passive participant in care.
B. The family’s emotional, social, and physical needs are equally prioritized.
C. Health promotion focuses only on individual needs, ignoring family dynamics.
D. The healthcare provider decides all aspects of care without consulting the family.
Answer: B
A nurse is working with a family in a low-income area. To promote health, the nurse should:
Assume that the family cannot adopt health-promoting behaviors.
B. Tailor the health promotion plan to address the family’s financial and environmental challenges.
C. Ignore the family’s socioeconomic status when planning interventions.
D. Focus only on individual health rather than addressing the family’s needs.
Answer: B
Health promotion for families with young children should focus on:
Involving children in healthcare decision-making.
B. Educating parents on child development, nutrition, and safety.
C. Limiting the family’s involvement in the child’s healthcare.
D. Ignoring the role of parents in maintaining child health.
Answer: B
Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention in family-centered health promotion?
Providing immunizations for infants.
B. Encouraging regular exercise for all family members.
C. Supporting a family in managing a chronic condition like diabetes.
D. Screening for early-stage cancer.
Answer: C
When creating a family health promotion plan, the nurse should consider:
Only the individual needs of each family member.
B. The family’s health history, cultural context, and preferences.
C. A standard plan that applies to all families.
D. Ignoring the family’s current health and focusing on medical diagnoses.
Answer: B
To foster effective family communication in health promotion, the nurse should:
Dictate health decisions to the family.
B. Listen actively to family concerns and encourage open discussion.
C. Discourage family members from sharing health concerns.
D. Focus on one family member and ignore others.
Answer: B
Which of the following is an example of family-centered health education?
Teaching a child without involving parents.
B. Providing written instructions without considering the family’s language or literacy needs.
C. Educating the family as a whole about disease prevention, healthy lifestyles, and community resources.
D. Delivering a one-size-fits-all plan to all families.
Answer: C
In a family-centered health promotion model, the nurse’s role is to:
Focus solely on individual care.
B. Ignore family dynamics and social influences.
C. Encourage family participation in health decision-making and prevention strategies.
D. Exclude family members from care planning.
Answer: C
Health promotion for families of adolescents should include:
Limiting discussion on mental health and focusing only on physical health.
B. Providing information on mental health, substance abuse prevention, and healthy relationships.
C. Focusing only on the adolescent’s physical health needs.
D. Ignoring the family’s role in the adolescent’s health.
Answer: B
The nurse is conducting a family health assessment. The first step should be:
Providing health education materials to the family.
B. Asking about the family’s health goals, concerns, and health practices.
C. Focusing on the patient without consulting family members.
D. Developing a health promotion plan without family input.
Answer: B
A family with a history of hypertension is seeking advice on preventing cardiovascular disease. The nurse should:
Provide advice that ignores the family’s dietary and exercise habits.
B. Focus on individualized medical treatment only.
C. Encourage the family to adopt healthy eating, exercise, and stress reduction practices together.
D. Recommend that only the family members with hypertension change their lifestyle.
Answer: C
A key component of family health promotion is:
Focusing only on medical treatment and ignoring prevention.
B. Viewing the family as a whole and addressing the needs of all members.
C. Providing information that is not tailored to the family’s culture or lifestyle.
D. Ignoring the family’s existing knowledge about health.
Answer: B
In promoting health for families with elderly members, the nurse should focus on:
The individual’s health without considering the family’s support system.
B. Chronic disease management, fall prevention, and caregiver support.
C. Restricting the family’s involvement in care decisions.
D. Encouraging only the elderly person to make health decisions.
Answer: B
A family-centered health promotion model emphasizes:
The patient’s health alone, without considering family context.
B. Family dynamics, emotional well-being, and social support systems.
C. Excluding family members from the healthcare process.
D. Ignoring the family’s role in health decisions.
Answer: B
In a health promotion program for families, the nurse should:
Provide a fixed, unchanging plan to all families.
B. Focus on the individual member’s health needs only.
C. Adapt interventions to the unique needs, culture, and preferences of the family.
D. Ignore cultural differences and provide generic care.
Answer: C
The nurse is developing a health promotion strategy for a family from a culture with unique health practices. The most important consideration is:
Adhering strictly to Western medical practices without considering cultural beliefs.
B. Disregarding family preferences in favor of the healthcare provider’s choices.
C. Incorporating the family’s cultural values and health practices into the plan.
D. Limiting the family’s involvement in care decisions.
Answer: C
Which of the following is an example of primary prevention for families?
Promoting regular exercise and a healthy diet.
B. Treating a child’s asthma flare-up.
C. Providing rehabilitation services for stroke survivors.
D. Administering medication for a chronic condition.
Answer: A
In a family-centered health promotion model, family members are considered:
Passive recipients of healthcare information.
B. Active partners in the healthcare process.
C. Unnecessary participants in health decisions.
D. Merely caregivers with no involvement in health promotion.
Answer: B
To ensure effective health education for diverse families, the nurse must:
Assume all families have the same educational needs.
B. Provide information without considering the family’s educational level.
C. Adapt health education strategies to the family’s language, literacy, and cultural background.
D. Exclude families from educational planning.
Answer: C
When planning health promotion for a family with young children, the nurse should:
Focus only on the child’s needs.
B. Ignore the family’s input in the child’s care.
C. Involve the entire family in discussions about health, safety, and nutrition.
D. Limit health education to medical treatments.
Answer: C
The role of the nurse in family-centered health promotion is to:
Make decisions without family involvement.
B. Focus only on the patient’s health needs.
C. Empower families to take responsibility for their health and well-being.
D. Exclude the family from the health promotion process.
Answer: C
Effective family-centered health promotion involves:
Using a one-size-fits-all approach for all families.
B. Tailoring health messages and interventions to meet the family’s unique needs.
C. Excluding family members from health discussions.
D. Ignoring the family’s cultural and socioeconomic context.
Answer: B
Which of the following is an example of a family-centered intervention for mental health promotion?
Educating a family on recognizing and managing mental health issues together.
B. Focusing only on the mental health of one family member.
C. Ignoring family dynamics in favor of individual treatment.
D. Providing mental health treatment only to the individual experiencing symptoms.
Answer: A
The nurse is assessing the health risks of a family. The nurse should:
Focus only on the individual’s health issues.
B. Consider the family’s overall health, including social, emotional, and physical well-being.
C. Ignore the family’s lifestyle and health practices.
D. Focus only on medical treatment and exclude preventive care.
Answer: B
Family-centered health promotion emphasizes:
Treating only the individual member of the family.
B. The family as a unit of care, addressing its needs, strengths, and challenges.
C. Limiting family involvement in the care process.
D. Disregarding the family’s role in promoting health.
Answer: B
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