Initially, the nurse should begin by doing what in completing a client

Initially, the nurse should begin by doing what in completing a client’s family assessment?

1. Collecting health data from all the family members
2. Testing the family’s ability to cope with normal stressors
3. Evaluating the family’s interpersonal communication patterns
4. Determining the client’s definition of familiar structure and attitudes

ANSWER

ANS: 4
The nurse begins the family assessment by determining the client’s definition of and attitude to-ward family and the extent to which the family may be incorporated into nursing care. The nurse also assesses family form and membership. Gathering health data from the family members is not the starting point for a family assessment. Testing a family’s ability to cope is not where the nurse should begin a family assessment. Evaluating communication barriers would not be an initial ac-tion of the nurse when completing a client’s family assessment.