NSG 389 Final Examination

Distributed: 24 November 1997	Due: 12 December 1997

Directions:

This is a take-home, open-book examination. You may refer to assigned course readings, class notes, class handouts, or material you have read independently. ALL material that is not your original work must be appropriately cited in APA format.

The examination must be a minimum of five (5) double spaced pages typed or printed from a computer word processor. You may submit the completed examination via email, by regular mail, by FAX, or by putting the examination in Dr. Gray's mailbox in Hoggard Hall.

Examinations are due by 5:00 pm on Friday, 12 December 1997. Late examinations will receive less than full credit. You may submit completed examinations to Dr. Gray anytime prior to 12 December 1997.

Honor Code

Please sign the following statement. Examinations returned without this signed statement will not be graded.

In accordance with the UNCW Honor Code, I certify this examination contains my own work. I have neither given nor received assistance on the examination.

Date: _____________

Signature: _____________________________

Printed Name: ___________________________

Directions

The purpose of the examination is to evaluate how you apply your personal family nursing knowedge base. Grading will focus on how well you describe situations, apply concepts, and explain your rationale for making choices.

Part I. Associating concepts with family situations.

Select
- a MOVIE, SHORT STORY, PLAY, or other medium of your choice which depicts family life, or a family life situation.
  or
- a family situation about which you have a working knowledge base OTHER THAN a family you followed for the NSGL 389 clinical course.
Briefly summarize the family situation you have chosen. Provide enough information so that a reader not familiar with the situation can grasp what was happening (or your perception of what was happening). [5 points].
Analyze the family situation by:
1. explaining the structure of the family (e.g., nuclear, traditional, post-modern) and your rationale for applying that structural label to the family. [3 points].
2. describing what you believe was occurring in the family situation using at least TWO of the family realms identified by Anderson &Tomlinson (1992) .
  The family realms are:
  - Family Health,
  - Family Interaction,
  - Developmental Transitions,
  - Family Integrity, and
  - Family Coping.
  The purpose of this exercise is to test your ability to apply a conceptual framework in explaining family phenomena you observed. [7 points].
Forecast what you anticipate might occur if you were working as a family nurse with the family situation you chose above. [10 points].
Questions you could consider as you develop your discussion about working with the family might include:
- How might you begin interacting with the family?
- How might you involve the family in identifying family issues?
- What issues or problems might you and/or the family identify? What is your rationale for focusing on those issues/problems ?
- What are some ways to address those issues/problems? What is your rationale for those approaches?
- What skills do you have for working with the situation?
- What referral resources, if any, might you choose to use? What is your rationale for deciding to use, or not to use, referral resources?
- How might family relationships influence outcomes from what you do, or attempt to do?

Part II. Short Discussion.
Please choose and discuss briefly one ONE of the following statements; specify your rationale. [5 points].

The single MOST or LEAST useful part of NSG 389 for me was:
or
The single MOST or LEAST useful insight I gained in NSG 389 was:

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last updated 22 NOV 1997