What is one way the nurse can maintain a broad-minded perspective when

What is one way the nurse can maintain a broad-minded perspective when completing a family assessment?

1. By using the Family Functioning Framework.
2. By using the Family Health Model.
3. By using either the Family Functioning Framework or the Family Health Model.
4. Use of a model or framework is not necessary for a broad-minded and comprehensive approach to family assessment.

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ANS: 2

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1 Family functioning is only one aspect of a comprehensive family assessment. To maintain a broad-minded stance, the nurse uses a family nursing model, framework, or theory in its entirety.
2 Clarity of assessment benefits when the nurse takes a broad-minded perspective and considers multiple health determinants in any health situation at the individual, family, or community level. One way to maintain a broad-minded stance is to guide the nursing assessment in an organized way by using a family nursing model or theory or a family science model or theory, such as the Family Health Model.
3 Family functioning is only one aspect of a comprehensive family assessment. To maintain a broad-minded stance the nurse uses a family nursing model, framework, or theory in its entirety, such as the Family Health Model.
4 One way to maintain a broad-minded stance and to obtain a comprehensive assessment is to guide the nursing assessment in an organized way by using a family nursing model or theory or a family science model or theory, such as the Family Health Model.