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Family Caregiving: Questions and Answers for Nursing Students, Exams of Nursing

A series of questions and answers related to family caregiving, focusing on the role of nurses in supporting caregivers and families. It covers topics such as the definition of caregiving, challenges faced by caregivers, interventions for long-distance caregiving, cultural considerations, and the nursing process in family caregiving. The document also highlights community resources available for caregivers, including support groups and day care centers.

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2024/2025

Available from 01/27/2025

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NS2: Family Caregiving Questions With Complete Solutions
Background correct answer: - Caregiving requires accepting
new skills, new roles, and readjusting
- Home hc agencies help but don't assume 1* Caregiver
Typical Caregiver correct answer: - Female, 46, some college,
20hrs/wk providing unpaid care to 50+
Caregiving Defintion correct answer: act of providing
assistance to those who are unable to care for themselves
Caring for Parents correct answer: Parent is still the Parent
Dementia Pts correct answer: - Progressive Deterioration of
cognitive function
- Needs increase, Communication impairments
Spousal Caregivers correct answer: Feel loss of companionship
Child Caregivers correct answer: Mourn Loss of parent well
before death
Interventions for Long Distance Caregiving correct answer: -
Local person for emergency
- Daily Monitoring
- Assisted Living if Necessary
- Legalities: advanced directives, living will, poa
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NS2: Family Caregiving Questions With Complete Solutions Background correct answer: - Caregiving requires accepting new skills, new roles, and readjusting

  • Home hc agencies help but don't assume 1* Caregiver Typical Caregiver correct answer: - Female, 46, some college, 20hrs/wk providing unpaid care to 50+ Caregiving Defintion correct answer: act of providing assistance to those who are unable to care for themselves Caring for Parents correct answer: Parent is still the Parent Dementia Pts correct answer: - Progressive Deterioration of cognitive function
  • Needs increase, Communication impairments Spousal Caregivers correct answer: Feel loss of companionship Child Caregivers correct answer: Mourn Loss of parent well before death Interventions for Long Distance Caregiving correct answer: - Local person for emergency
  • Daily Monitoring
  • Assisted Living if Necessary
  • Legalities: advanced directives, living will, poa

All Health Providers correct answer: Should attempt to modify health care to keep w/ pt beliefs. African Americans correct answer: - Value placed on kinship and extended family bonds Hispanics correct answer: - Tendency toward a patriarchal family structure. Structural Family Network correct answer: - Nurses are 1* care providers for elders and their families.

  • Role: monitor progress and manage chronic disorders Nursing Process correct answer: - Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, Identification of Expected Outcomes, Implementation, and Evaluation Nursing Assessment correct answer: - Get detailed history, complete physical exam (fx, bruises, anger, depression, withdrawal)
  • Assess family needs, strengths, and stresses
  • Cultural support/coping
  • Assess caregiver needs to provide care and personal needs Nursing Diagnosis 1: Readiness for Enhanced Family Processes correct answer: Wellness: family functioning that is sufficient to support the well-being of family members and can be strengthened
  • Balance between autonomy and cohesiveness
  • Identify important activites
  • Help of at least 2 persons
  • Family plan for weekly support/help ND2: Planning/Implementation correct answer: - Explain cause of role strain
  • Importance of daily health promotion activities
  • Need for respite
  • Activities with help
  • Community resources Community Resources for Caregivers correct answer: - Chore Services, Lifeline, Homemaker (housekeeping)
  • Support Groups, Day Care, Respite Alzheimer's Association correct answer: 1. Information and Referrals: emotional support/info for dementia/alzheimers
  1. Care Consultation
  2. Support Groups
  3. Education and Training
  4. Safe Return Adult Day Care Centers correct answer: -Medication, Supervision, Administration
  • Personal Grooming, Bathing, Hair, Nail Care
  • Meals, Stimulating Activities, Library Support Group Goals correct answer: - Develop Coping Skills
  • Reduce Emotional Isolation
  • Develop Networks
  • Interact w/ Others

Support Group Benefits correct answer: - Improved communication/relationships

  • Reduced isolation
  • Improved understant=ding and disease process
  • Emotional/informational support Evaluation Based on Identification of Expected Outcomes correct answer: - Degree to which outcomes have been achieved periodically and provide respite Caregiving in Long Term Care correct answer: - Health, Personal, Social service over long period of time
  • Older adults, developmentally disabled, permanently impaired injury, chronically ill young pt Family Involvement in LTC Facilities correct answer: - Provide social networks to connect w/ former life and community
  • Help staff interpret resident behavior/history
  • Pt advocate/representative
  • Family/Staff collaborate care